Story &ものがたり& die Geschichte

" This book kept me guessing until the very end. I was looking in the wrong direction the whole time. I wasn’t even considering the person that turned out to be the villain. The suspense was really good. It kept me wanting more. Julia was an interesting leading lady. She was damaged, but used that to push her harder. The dynamic with her dad and their past made the story even more interesting. T..

" スタンフォード大学の医学部教授で依存症医学の第一人者である著者が、現代社会に蔓延する「ドーパミン中毒」に警鐘乱打し、対策を説く本。「現代人必読」という版元のつけた惹句が大げさに思えない内容だ。原題の“Dopamine Nation”のほうがよい。『ドーパミン中毒』という邦題だと、「アルコール中毒」のような「ごく一部の人だけの問題」に思えてしまう。著者が言うのは「ドーパミンがドバッと出る快感がたやすく得られる現代の“刺激過多社会”は、みんなを不幸にする」という話で、万人の問題なのである。本書は、ドーパミンや依存症についての解説書にとどまらない。快楽と苦痛のトレードオフ的関係を深く掘り下げた書であり、科学の目をフィルターにした幸福論でもある。苦痛や不安から目をそらすためにドーパミンの出る刹那的刺激に頼ると、我々はその分だけ幸福から遠ざかっていくのだ...." "...... I was..

" 先日「黒鳥の湖」をTVドラマで見て、初めて作者を知りました。上手く言い表せませんが、物語全体に肌になじんだ”昭和”の香りを感じて、サスペンスを楽しみながらどこか安心して最後まで視聴出来ました。宇佐美氏のプロフィールを見ると私と同い年。感性が似ているかなと期待して、早速本作を買って読んで見ました。二日で一気読み、面白かったです....... 私としては初めて出会った斬新な語り部手法で驚かされました。ただ新鮮ではありましたがさすがに少し頭が混乱もしました。楽しませてはくれましたが、この手法、評価は分かれるのではないかとも思います....." " 宇佐美まことさんという作家を全く知りませんでしたが、今回初めて読んでみて、すっかり魅了されました。保険証やクワコなどの小道具や伏線が絶妙に活かされており、隙がありません。また、特に第二章の厳しい現実の描写が心に残りました。唯一気になったのは、庭..

"In this book of roughly a dozen essays he bares it all and answers most of the tricky questions his readers have asked him over the years about his craft, how and why he got started, how he's done it over the years, the obstacles and difficulties as well as the joys of his labor. In a nutshell, I can summarize this selection as essays on philosophy of literature as it relates to good living as ..

"A very sad and strange story that I had to go back and reread to understand who was who three quarters through the book. Pay attention to names! All in all I had to keep reading this sad story of a daughter trying to find out what happened to her mother so many years ago. A twisted crazy thriller...." "....... In this case, the residence is an aging mansion, The Howard Family, a wealthy family ..

"This was an interesting read. While it was certainly an original plot, it was a bit different from most cozy mysteries I've read. I'm not used to these kinds of books with characters who are bi-sexual or at least bi-curious, who rely heavily on social media and cell phones to conduct business. Not that there's anything wrong with it, but I like to escape reality and I'm drawn more to quaint lit..

"As soon as I saw the cover and title of this book, I knew I had to read it. I just knew it was going to be a trip. It did not disappoint! The Dollmaker was such a creepy villain. The way the crimes were carried out made me shudder. The suspense was really good. I was on the edge of my seat as everything unfolded. The writing was so vivid. I could easily picture everything be played out. I didn’..

"The card game is deadly and the targets are young women who are the castoffs of society, those who won’t be missed, or at least that’s the plan. The Shark is determined to capture and kill Virginia State Trooper Riley Tatum after his plan to kill her a decade ago failed, and it is up to Riley to use her wits and her determination to find out what happened to her before she left New Orleans and ..