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Question: What is the best novel or story ever!?
Repeat of earlier question (explained below)
What do you feel is the best novel or story ever, and why!?
(This could be due to plot, characters, setting, style, type, genre or whatever!.!.!.)
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This is weird!. I ask this earlier, and had no answers!. After waiting about an hour, (Yes, I refreshed the screen several times and still nothing!.!.!.) It still said I had *no* answers to the question!.
I got discouraged and removed the question, then all of a sudden, I get a note saying there were 13 answers!
OK, so I will apologize for removing it, but it kind of wasn't my fault!. I will let this one go and not delete it!. I really did want answers /opinions or I wouldn't have ask it!. (I am an author, and want to hear lots of opinions from people!.)Www@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
Harry Potter!.
I know heaps of people will be like *lame* but still hear me out
Harry Potter is the perfect coming of age story, complete with the villain, the sidekicks and the love waiting at the end!. Every kid can relate to Harry, even though he's fighting a psychopath who wants to kill him!. He's mostly thinking about homework and friends and teachers that he hates and that spoiled rich kid who bullies him and sports practise and girls - aspects of every kids life!. But not only all that!. She's added a little bit of magic, a little bit of what every kid wishes they had!. His life is not all excitement; it is not all sad; it is not all funny, and that variance in tone reflects real life as well!.
JK Rowlings writes like a genius!. She narrates Harry's growing up perfectly, from the simple "Yay School!" atmosphere of PS, to the family history of PoA, to dealing with death in GoF, to Harry's discovery that adults lie in OotP, to his taking control of his destiny in DH !. !. !. The reader feels such a part of Harry's life, it's like we've grown up with him
JKR also portrays that things are very rarely simple, especially people!. James Potter as a teenager was an arrogant asshole; Voldemort had an unhappy childhood; Severus Snape loved Lily Evans; Sirius Black died partly because of his own impetuosity; Narcissa Malfoy spares Harry; Dumbledore wanted to rule Muggles and death!. Though the good vs!. evil lines are clearly drawn here, nearly every character has mitigating factors or shades of gray!.
And the foreshadowing! Seven books, the keys to the climax of the seventh laid in the first, a mystery in each book feeding into the mystery of the whole; red herrings and clues in plain sight (in retrospect) and characters mentioned in passing in one book blooming into central importance later; her incredible authorial control of her backstory, and incredible restraint, in never giving away a word more than she wants the reader to know at any one moment!.
Reading through the 7 Harry Potter books you can not only relate with Harry but grow with him!. JKR can make you smile, frown, jump, scream, laugh and cry all in one book!. Nothing I've read could ever match up with itWww@QuestionHome@Com
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer is the best book ever to me!. It was the first book I had non forcibly read for about 9 years, and now I am a tremendous reader!. Why it so good is because it's not a book, it's a story!. A book is just something that means nothing!. A story is when it can mean eveything, if not to one person, then to another!. Stephenie Meyer said that the characters are real to her!. They're not people she controls, they make there own choices!. I understand how she feels, and when I write it makes me feel like I have skits, because there are people in my head saying "I wouldn't do that!" or "I would answer this"Www@QuestionHome@Com
There is no "best" in the world of writers!.!.!.!.
If you like chick lit, there's one, if you like mysteries, there's another, and so on!.
Having said that!.!.!.am personally partial to "Hamlet," "A Midsummer Night's Dream," and others by Shakespeare!.
As you are writing, here's Hemingway's favorite non-fiction book: "West with the Night," Beryl Markham!.
"Creation: Artistic and Spiritual," O!. M!. Aivanhov, "The Soulless One," Mark Prophet, "Galaxy Gate," Colton and Murro, "Nineteen Ways of Looking at Wang Wei," Weinberger and Paz, and "The Secret Power of Music," David Tame, are worthwhile re creativity!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
my favourite novel of all time is definetly "muddle earth" by paul stewart and chris riddel!. i laughed literally from cover to cover, because it was such a clever little collection of take-offs and mockerys and plays on words!. it also smells nice !.!.!.!. !? odd i no but it really does!. and i no this is a cliche but i like hary potter too, because its literally entertaining!. i dont no how, but it really has a cant put it down feel!.
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Most likely , "the messenger" because it's a good book!. It's funny and stuff!. (usa name of the book: i am the messenger", i also wrote an essay on the Messenger at school!. It was my English Exam!. love the doorman in the book and the main charcter Ed resemles me so well!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
It's the most brilliant style of writing and the plot is really just captivating (if you can stomach the violence that is)
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk runs a close second though, for similar reasons!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Prisoner of Birth - Jeffrey Archer!.
Very cleverly written, interesting characters, Unusual Plot!. Highly recommended!. I read it in 2 days couldn't put it down until finished!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
"War and Peace", Leo Tolstoy!.
Tolstoy describes the nuances and complexities of human life and society like no other author before or since!. And it's just amazingly beautiful writing!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
No such thing!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
It's so hard, picking one book to be your favorite!. I am about to list a million books, but I will tell you why first!. I like these books because they are well written and you can practically feel the emotions that the characters are feeling!. Another thing is that all of these books are full of adventure, the stuff I like best, and somewhat dramatic!. So here are a few of my favorites (yes, I know, the list is long):
Alfred Kropp by Rick Yancey
The Seal of Solomon by Rick Yancey
The Alchemyst by Michael Scott
The Magician by Michael Scott
Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr
Looking For Alaska by John Green
Lock And Key by Sarah Dessen
Beastly by Alex Flinn
Aurelia by Anne Osterlund
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
Inkspell by Cornelia Funke
The Warrior Heir by Cinda Williams Chima
The Wizard Heir by Cinda Williams Chima
Dairy Queen by Catherine Murdock
The Off Season by Catherine Murdock
Eragon by Christopher Paolini
Eldest by Christopher Paolini
Heir Apparent by Vivian Vande Velde
When Lightning Strikes by Meg Cabot
The Mediator: Shadowland by Meg Cabot
First Test by Tamora Pierce
Hawksong by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud
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