Novel

The Giver by Lois Lowry
The Giver is a great book set in a dystopian future where everyone is forced to act the same and sees in black and white. The Giver eventually gives a young boy his memories from before everything was the same. The boy revolts and wants freedom to finally be different.
By Alex H Mittelman 2 years ago in Critique
Never Finished by David Goggins
A book about doing things other people wouldn't do; because they are scared to succeed or to do hard things. Goggins talks about haters and uses their voices to motivate himself. Come to grips with your past; never quit. Read if you want to light a fire under your ass.
By Jazzy 2 years ago in Critique
Charlatan
When they get online, they look to see what they can find. Was their creativity ever there? Is it in decline? Writing isn’t hard. It comes with ease. It takes no more effort than to blow a breeze. Now we question all you’ve created. Was it yours, or just imitated?
By Atomic Historian2 years ago in Critique
Ulysses
Stately? We all know the truth about June 16th: a date with Nora, something kinky, and the day became unforgettable. Already stated that genius is a form of play...and this is the most playful book ever written by a genius.
By Kendall Defoe 2 years ago in Critique
Copycat
Dear Copycat, Thank you for the compliment. I really needed that. But could you try something on your own? It’s Wilde to see my work imitated. I’m not the greatest. But I really hate this when I see it. Please be more creative.
By Atomic Historian2 years ago in Critique
Earth Children's Series
The Earth Children’s Series by Jean M. Auel is a well-thought-out, researched book. Well-written and there are long and many well-described scenes. So well described it’s boring.
By Mother Combs2 years ago in Critique
50 Critics: The Hunger Games
Based on the 2008 novel by author Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games is a Dystopian future masterpiece of a film that is a young girl’s journey through a televised battle royal fight to the death and the struggle to overcome the evil powers who are responsible for creating these conditions.
By Joe Patterson2 years ago in Critique
Challenging Yourself to Overcome Writer's Block
A critique challenge? Just 50 words? Not sure about this. Seems interesting but hard. Fifty one words! Gotta cut something. That was fun. Another day. Too many positive ones. Should probably balance it with something else. Let me take it to the extreme, and see how many I can write?
By Atomic Historian2 years ago in Critique
Frankenstein
Frankenstein forever remains the story of a man so broken by grief that he believed he could play God. However, he never understood the price of creation and spent his life running. In the end he remained the one haunted and never found peace.
By Matthew Mccahey2 years ago in Critique
National Geographic
What do you do when you don’t have the money to travel? You get a window, that's what you do. Sometimes you buy the window. But when you can't, you borrow it from the library. That’s what National Geographic was for me as a child. The window of my dreams.
By Atomic Historian2 years ago in Critique
Andy Warhol's Campbell Soup Can
Perhaps I am ignorant of how modern art works. Or just perhaps not interpreting the work of Andy Warhol correctly. But I have never understood why his painting of soup cans was so significant. And I am sure the person that created the designs for Campbells was no more impressed.
By Atomic Historian2 years ago in Critique
No Shelter by Rage Against the Machine
Did Rage Against the Machine own a time machine in the 1990s? I’m not saying they did, but it’s sometimes too hard to listen to their 1998 single, No Shelter, and wonder if they hadn’t just arrived back from the 2020s. Prolific lyrics or time travel. Guess we’ll never know.
By Atomic Historian2 years ago in Critique