Good Book, Good

       Every one will have a different opinion on what makes a book good, for some it's the genre, some it's the style of writing, some just don't like reading at all. I've never really become attached to a certain type of genre, which is pretty much true for every aspect of my life. I have no favorite genre of films, music, no favorite style of clothing, no favorite foods. I prefer to take something from every type of genre. I believe if you commit yourself to one genre you could miss something that you might really enjoy. One thing that I look for in a book is the author's ability to make you feel. I think if the author makes you completely hate one of the main characters, but still like the book, that is a good author. I mean I really can't think of a lot of books where the character is so well developed that you can feel such emotion towards. I don't mean in most books, where there’s the good character that's the protagonist, then the evil character that you're supposed to hate is fighting against the good character.

       I guess I look for in a good book is the author's ability to really develop the characters. Also when the author takes a character that would originally be looked at in the traditional evil light, and changes the reader's feelings towards that character. To be honest there aren't a ton of books that I have deemed a "good" book. My favorite is Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and it doesn't exactly fit my good book criteria, but I love that book. I can't really point out what makes it good to me but it just is. When we read it last year in class, a lot of people hated it, but I thought it was wonderful. I still don't understand the book completely, because of the way it's written, and maybe when I figure it out I won't like it anymore.

       I still can't say exactly what makes a book good. There defiantly is stuff that makes a book crappy, but it's like that quote "the beauty is in the eye of the beholder". I don't know if that's right but it sounds good. I think that a good book is when the author is able to really bring you into the book, mess with your feelings and have the book come to life.