28th Diamond: Looking for Alaska

It's been a while ;)

Finally here it goes! The review for John Green's Looking for Alaska.

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One thing I realized from reading two John Green books, his books are always a realistic fiction. So realistic, I actually thought it was based on a true story. *Or maybe it is!* 

So far though, I find his stories really interesting. Emotional in a way, but still, good stories. Now let's start the plot review! And, as usual, SPOILER ALERT.



The story starts with our main character Miles Halter. He is....you can say an "almost" invisible person and even during his farewell party, only two people showed up. That's it. 

Why is he having a farewell party? Well...he is going to a boarding school to "seek a great perhaps" or you can say, to seek something new and hopefully, a fresh start. Well don't we all :) In the new boarding school, he started to make friends with his roommate, Chip Martin "The Colonel." Chip warned him that if he's trying to get popular, then Chip is not the person he should be friends with. Miles didn't took that warning. Instead he grew close to Chip and met his close friend, Alaska Young. And this is where the drama starts. 

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That is how Miles (now called Pudge by Alaska) described Alaska. He fell in love at first sight I suppose. She is beautiful, but crazy. Growing close to Chip "The Colonel" who happens to smoke quite a lot and has a drink called Ambrosia (which is a concoction of vodka and milk) in his refrigerator, Pudge started to smoke. It was hard for him, but he did it anyways. Alaska was a heavy smoker too. 

Moving on. Alaska was a heavy smoker and a drinker, yet she loves to read books, AND SHE IS SMART. LIKE REAL SMART. Pudge though, need guidance on several subjects. And of course, Alaska helps him. One day, Alaska and Pudge had a conversation where Alaska (and the reader) finds out that Pudge's talent is to remember a person's last words. He seriously memorized all of the historical role models' last words. IT'S CRAZY. Mostly because he reads a lot of biographies, but it is also his natural talent. 

Alaska was what you can say a playful girl, who you'll never know if she's serious or not. So one day, the group decided to do pranks, and they succeeded. The pranks involved deceiving the headmaster and others. There was even one time when everyone went home for the holidays and Pudge decided to stay to accompany Alaska. They actually went to people's room and look around and play with anything they find. Drinking alcohol, etc. Oh their group drinks a lot, and I really mean A LOT. Then one day, when they were drinking and celebrating, Alaska, "The Colonel", and Pudge was talking together in a room. It's more like playing really, rather than talking. I'm pretty sure they're all drunk. It did end up with Alaska (who already has a boyfriend) making out with Pudge. WOW. Then suddenly, Alaska was reminded of something and she panicked, saying that she needs to go somewhere. Pudge and "The Colonel" thought there was nothing wrong with it so they let her go. They were wrong. 

The next day, the news came out. Alaska Young is dead. 

She drove to a police car on the highway and died on the spot. Pudge went into a state of depression and emo-ness. That's how I'd describe it. It was quite long until he finally wakes up and decided to do another prank in honor of Alaska Young. They actually convinced the headmaster that the speaker for the upcoming event would be a professor from a university, which it was actually a hired stripper. So it worked. The stripper does his job and stripped in front of the whole school with the headmaster left in shock. 

After the prank, Pudge was still investigating the reason of Alaska's death. It was not until a few months later that he finally found out why. Of course, number one is that she was drunk. Second, she drove away because she forgot to bring flowers to her mother's graveyard, whose death anniversary was the day before. She felt so guilty that she decided to drive away in the night, just to bring flowers. Knowing this, Pudge finally decided  to let go. 

Fin

One thing Pudge and Alaska discussed that I'm interested in is the Labyrinth. Alaska was soo interested in one book where the author's quote is "How will I ever come out of this labyrinth?!" The labyrinth can symbolize a lot of things. Life, bitterness, agony, and so much more. At one point in the book, it is said that the only way to come out of the labyrinth is through forgiveness. You can pretty much guess what the labyrinth is from there. But still, it's an interesting idea. 

I also decided not to use too much colors since the mood of the book is quote sad and gloomy with all the alcohol, smoking, death, and so many other things. I wouldn't recommend a 13 year old to read this book. Perhaps 17-20 would be a more suitable age. And also, there are characters I didn't mention as usual. If I mentioned everything then no one would read the book. I will not do a chapter-per-chapter review. That would be too nice. 

A little bit about my life right now. 

I have been attending university for about 3 days. And so far, everything is going really well. I love the classes and the teachers were nice. The people are also nice, but I can't help the stares sometimes. It makes me feel uncomfortable in my own skin. Well, I get to meet 2000+ people everyday...it's hard for them not to stare I guess. How can you walk and not look at the person in front of you?? BUT despite the stares-that-makes-me-uncomfortable, I am really grateful for my friends whom I always meet at the most unlikely times. I wouldn't be able to survive without them. And of course, I would also like to thank my readers. There's a really significant increase of blogviews I received and it makes me happy that my blog can help you or even entertain you. 

As for the next book, I decided not to continue reading The Cuckoo's Calling since it's not really my style of book. I downloaded Vampire Academy, but I also doubt that I would like it because it's soo dramatic. Or so everyone says. An author I was recommended was Neil Gaiman. I started researching his books, and some of them looks interesting so, look forward to that! As for now, thanks for reading!!

Sincerely yours,

Alicia. V

27th Diamond: Almost is Never Enough by Ariana Grande & Nathan Sykes of The Wanted

Almost is never enough~

Talk about human ego generally....but hey! This song is a romance song!! And I loved it since the preview is released!!! Without further adooo~ THE MUSIC VIDEO IS OUTT!

I finally figured out how to change the size of videos in blogger...

Anywaaaayyysss, the song is BEAUTIFUL. It's GORGEOUS. It's *put in a positive adjective regarding beauty here*!!! Definitely one of my favorite songs of all time. And in the music video, you get to see Nathan and Ariana doing a duet! Not to mention scenes from the upcoming City of Bones movie! 

That's like, DOUBLE AWESOMENESS

Oh, and I have finished reading Looking for Alaska. An interesting book I must say, and the review is coming up SOON. It has been a busy week for me with all the moving and all. As you guys might have read before, I just graduated highschool. And during the holidays I have been reading books and reviewing them here. Now that I'm going to go back to studying in a University, I doubt I'd have time to update this blog. But NO WORRIES, I'LL TRY MY BEST TO KEEP THE UPDATES COMING. And besides, it's fun ;)

Back to the main topic, HERE ARE THE LYRICS

I'd like to say we gave it a try

I'd like to blame it all on life

Maybe we just weren’t right

But that’s a lie, that’s a lie

And we can deny it as much as we want

But in time our feelings will show

Cause sooner or later

We'll wonder why we gave up

The truth is everyone knows

Almost, almost is never enough

So close to being in love

If I would have known that you wanted me

The way I wanted you

Then maybe we wouldn't be two worlds apart

But right here in each others arms

And we almost, we almost knew what love was

But almost is never enough

If I could change the world overnight

There'd be no such thing as goodbye

You'll be standing right where you were

We'd get the chance we deserve

Try to deny it as much as you want

But in time our feeling will show

Cause sooner or later

We wonder why we gave up

The truth is everyone knows

Almost, almost is never enough

So close to being in love

If I would have known that you wanted me

The way I wanted you

Then maybe we wouldn’t be two worlds apart

But right here in each others arms

Yeah we almost, we almost knew what love was

But almost is never enough

And if you're interested on how to play it on the piano, here's the video

credits to oysterlovers on youtube

I am literally putting this song on repeat! OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG

After finishing Looking for Alaska I tried to find other books to read (of course!) and finally decided on Robert Gailbraith (a.k.a J.K.Rowling) The Cuckoo's Calling. It's a mystery novel and so far, I'm not really sure whether I'll finish the book or not...it's quite "detailed" in a way. Another series I would take a look at is the Vampire Academy series, since the movie is coming out. But I doubt I'll be reading it. hahaha

That's it from me today :) Thank you for reading!

Sincerely yours,

Alicia. V

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones Extended Clip and "Magnetic"

Hello everyone!

Here are a few updates on the upcoming Mortal Instruments: City of Bones movie!

First of all, they just released AN EXTENDED CLIP OF THE MOVIE! It's only 5 minutes long, but it's sure is INTENSE AS HEELLLLL. Or maybe it's just me... I have not yet seen its video on youtube so unfortunately, you guys need to stick with yahoo videos :D It's okaayy, only 5 minutes long. 5 AWESOME MINUTES

A little bit of sad news though, Lily and Jamie were just informed to have broke up from their relationship. :( whyyyyyy....but then again, they're professionals so let's just wish them all the best and hope that the next movie would be great.

NOW, if you have watched the extended clip above, I would like to discuss some things. JOCELYN FRAY IS A FRIKKIN BADASSS! I am soooo glad that finally, someone in a movie who is going to be rescued is not an "I can't do anything, come and safe me!" person. Intense fighting scene of Jocelyn Fray is a win. The CGI (Computer generated image) for the demon is also AWESOME. SCARY but awesome. I was horrified(a bit) when the dog shape-shifted to a demon....

Now Jamie(Jace) and Lily(Clary). I will not comment much on their acting, but I WILL COMMENT ON WHAT'S HAPPENING. As we readers know, in the book Clary is the one who killed the demon. But in the movie, Jace is the one who killed the demon. First question. WHY CHANGE IT? Second question. WHY IS IT NECESSARY FOR JACE/JAMIE TO SWIPE THE BLOOD OFF THE BLADE SO SLOWLY (a bit disturbing I must say) ON HIS SLEEVE? Third question. WHY THE HEELLL DOES HE APPEAR WITH HIS HOODIE UP WHILE CLEARLY NOBODY CAN SEE HIM AND HE HAS TO BRUSH HIS HAIR BACK WITH THAT SEXY STARE?!  I sense fan service I tell you, FAN SERVICE

Another thing is about the soundtrack. A few posts before I posted some snippets from soundcloud regarding the soundtrack. Now, a few days ago, they just released a full version of the song "Magnetic" by Jessie J on youtube. SAY YAAAAAAYYYYY. 

That would be all of it for today's post. I will surely update this blog if there are anymore teasers Sony would release. Damn it...that Sony really know how to promote their stuff. Thanks for reading!

Sincerely yours,

Alicia V

26th Diamond: Persephone and the Abandon Trilogy

Good evening

Hoorah! Another series done! Nope, not the Beautiful Creatures series. I still have yet to finish it. Still on the 2nd book and contemplating whether I should continue or not...it's a bit boring for my taste. So here it goes.

Today I would like to review The Abandon Trilogy by Meg Cabot.

"Who is Meg Cabot?" you ask? She is the author of The Princess Diaries which was made into two Disney movies featuring Anne Hathaway who became Fantine at the new Le Mis movie. Who is Fantine?? She's the one who sang the famous "I Dreamed a Dream" song. Moving on~ The Abandon Trilogy is said to be a modern depiction of the Greek myth of Persephone. 

NOW THAT SPARKED MY INTEREST.

 I have always loved Greek Mythologies ever since I studied them in elementary. It's always so interesting and remarkable in its own way. I wouldn't mind sharing some of it here ;) In fact, I'd do it now. If you're not interested, scroll down straight to the book review. 

Please keep in mind that the Greek mythology story here would be based on my memory as an elementary student and can be wrong at certain points.

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Persephone is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, the goddess of Harvest. Persephone herself was the goddess of spring bounty, which we elementary kids would simplify it as goddess of flowers. How pretty is that?! She was described as a cheerful and beautiful goddess. So beautiful that even Hades fell in love with her. Now here comes the popular story.

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Hades, being the lonely brute god of the underworld, fell in love with Persephone. AT THAT MOMENT, HE JUST DECIDED TO MAKE HER HIS WIFE. How you ask? By kidnapping her of course. How else would the lonely brute god of the underworld would be able to make someone his wife? Not by wooing or being kind to her, NOOO. He just snatched her away that's how. Here's how it happened.

One sunny day, Persephone was playing in the meadow with her nymphs, laughing and collecting flowers with that beautiful hair of hers flowing in the wind *imagine that!* and Hades, god of the underworld took his chariot, open up a crater in earth, appeared from there and just SNATCH her away to the underworld with Persephone screaming in the background. Charming isn't it? 

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Afterwards, Demeter, knowing that her daughter was kidnapped and forced to become the wife of Hades with the help of husband Zeus, went into a fit and destroy the whole earth. No I was joking. She didn't really done that. She simply went into despair and all living things *meaning trees, flowers, etc.* stopped to grow on Earth. It's kind of the same thing actually...so Demeter roamed the earth, searching for Persephone.

Now dear Persephone who might or might not have developed the Stockholm Syndrome, ate some pomegranates in the underworld. According to the myths, once you eat something of the underworld, you have to stay in the underworld. I DO NOT KNOW WHO THE HELL MADE THAT RULE. Now this part varies. Actually...a lot of parts of Greek mythology varies. Pomegranates can mean the real fruit or something else that has something to do with seeds. THE POINT IS, she ate it so she has to stay in the underworld. The good news is, she can go back to the surface for a certain amount of time. 6 months to be exact. So every year, Persephone spent 6 months in the underworld being the wife of Hades, and 6 months in the surface to be reunited with her mother, Demeter, and the earth bloomed with harvest once more.

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Sounds familiar? It's the four seasons. Persephone stayed in the underworld when it's fall and winter, and when she's on the surface, it's springtime and summertime. 

Lovely story? Not really. It's famous though. And actually adapted into popular stories. Such as the Abandon Trilogy AND the Covenant Series by Jennifer L. Armentrout. I'll see to the other series later. 

NOW ON TO THE BOOK REVIEW! Spoiler alert!!

As I have mentioned before, this book is a modern adaptation of the myth I've just told ya. In my opinion, the book is an average story and can be boring at times, but hey, I finished it haha! I'm going to keep everything simple here though. I don't recommend reading the book if you don't have time to kill. It can be a drag sometimes. 

1. Abandon

there's another version of the cover but I like this one :P
not sure if it's official though

The story starts with out main heroine, Pierce Oliviera, who apparently have died before and came back to life and is currently being chased by some boy/man. Not sure. She moved to an island named Isle Huenos or sumthin. Her parents are divorced and she is now living with her mother. The island was her mom's birthplace. Her uncle, grandma, and cousin Alex also lives there. One night there was a party for her, so that as her mom said, they all can start fresh. Apparently, Ms. Pierce had a complicated past other than being an NDE (Near death experience). So she doesn't feel comfortable at the party and went away on a bike, to a cemetery....really? Of all the places, a cemetery. There she met the boy who she kept telling everybody she have been following her around. Probably you're wondering why some guy is following her so now you shall be enlightened. Here's the flashback.

When she was 4 years old, her grandpa died. So she went to the funeral which was held at the island's cemetery. There, she found a bird who has broke its neck or wing, not sure and hold it. But the bird died and she cried. Then suddenly, a man in black apparels came and talk to her. Talk about letting little kids talk to strangers. The man then revived the bird and it flew away. Of course, being a 4 year old she ask for her grandpa to be revived too. Unfortunately the man said he can't. Now let's skip a few years forward. Pierce is now 15 years old and she died because she slipped into a pond and suffocate herself with her scarf, just bcoz she was about to save A BIRD. THE GIRL HAS SERIOUS ISSUES WITH BIRDS. Afterwards, she woke up at an unknown place (the underworld, but she didn't knew it then) where there's a lake and people in line. People who are waiting to board on a boat. Then she met a man, the guard of the place, the person in charge. She approached him because she realized, "THIS WAS THE MAN I MET WHEN I WAS 4 YEARS OLD. I SHALL SEE TO HIM AT ONCE WITHOUT THINKING" And so she did. At first, he didn't recognized her, but later he did. meh. 

Pierce then continued with complaining how the service for the people in line is rude and that the place is cold *really this girl has guts* so he asked, would she like to go to a place warmer. Of course she said yes. In a blink, they teleported to a room, with a fireplace, a dining table, white curtains, and a bed. HOORAY. How creepy is that?! Then he told her the truth that she's dead and that she's going to be his "company." He even gave her a necklace. And so she panicked, no matter how handsome he is or how young he actually is, and throw that cup of tea (the one he gave her) to his face and run. Later she finds herself no longer in the underworld. 

Back to the main story, she's now in the cemetery and had a fight with the guy she has been running away from for 2 years. So she's now 17 years old. The guy is 19 years old, and he has been that way for some time...as the story goes, Pierce tried to have an ordinary high school senior life but with her past haunting her. She has anger management issues. And then some being called The Furies are after her. The Furies actually possessed her grandma and John had to come and rescue her and drag her back to the underworld in order to keep her safe. See the parallel here?

The first book mainly consist of Pierce telling her story and it's very confusing in my opinion since the reader barely knows anything until the end of the book where most of the facts are finally revealed. The review I just did was basically a retelling of the base of the story and the important parts of the plot. 

2. Underworld

Before continuing the story, I would like to point out that the death-deity boy who has been protecting Pierce is called John Hayden. He's the guy in charge of sorting people into the right boats to their final destination. And he has some powers with thunders. Wew~ The 2nd book starts with Pierce being blinked by John to the underworld where HE SAID she will be safe from the Furies. Then John went to his duties on the docks and Pierce stayed in his castle. All he left for her is a mourning pigeon/dove (I'm not sure), who she called "Hope." He knows this girl has something with birds. But, despite that, she still does things he didn't expect her to do. Like wandering around when she's not suppose to. She ends up meeting new people who calls John as The Captain. She also found her book bag and her phone. When she turned the phone on, she saw a video of her cousin Alex being in danger. Of course she told John about it and tried to convince John to save Alex. John, being the moody but nice guy eventually agreed. So they ventured back to the real world where John decided Pierce need to say her goodbyes to her mother because she will be staying with him FOREVER. Also thanks to the cemetery sexton who apparently knew John for some time, Pierce had the chance to see her mom. Only she left a letter and not a proper goodbye. 

Then they left to find her cousin who is supposedly in danger but is actually doing fine playing World of Warcraft on his phone while at the same time being mentally unstable due to the recent facts that has been going around. Well guess what, Pierce was then attacked by a Fury and they somehow defeated it by using Pierce's necklace that can actually kill Furies. A fact that was unknown to John and his comrades for some time now. So since everyone thought it was all over and safe, they went back. Not too long after that though Alex did something foolish and is now put into an oxygen-proof coffin. Of course, when Pierce and John arrived, he's already dead. But fear not! Even though John said he couldn't revive Alex because of the consequences, somehow Alex went back to life. And Pierce's friend, Kayla, saw it all. With the sound of sirens coming from afar, they had no choice to run away so John blinked Alex and Kayla to the underworld as well...

In this book, there are a lot of drama and arguing between Pierce and John because they had some "misunderstandings" with the rules in the Underworld. In the myth, Persephone ate the pomegranates which basically means that if she ate anything of the underworld, she'll have to stay. Pierce thought it was the same thing and that she's going to have to stay forever because she had breakfast with John, but nooooooo. The pomegranate is actually a symbolism of seeds, and fertility. Oh you guessed it all right. Pierce has to stay in the underworld if she had sex with John. And they did. hah! I am not surprised at all.

3. Awaken

Here comes the final book yay! 

In this book, Pierce had already gotten used to being the "queen" of the underworld and help John with his work. While Alex and Kayla are still having a bad time adapting and all. Actually scratch Kayla. Kayla likes one of John's comrades, Frank, and has been infatuated since. She is also highly adaptable. Alex is the one fuzzing around. And soooo, it was one fine day in the underworld where people are bustling in lines, waiting for their boats, until John realized that the boats are not slowing down as it approaches. Turns out, it was being driven by furies. Soooo JOHN TO THE RESCUE. He did manage to steer the boats off the docks and everyone was safe, but he died. So Pierce, being the NDE, had some mental-breaking moments.

But hey, John revived again. NOT because he's a death deity. But because Pierce met the god who's in charge of taking souls away (note: not in charge of sorting which boats they go to) named Thanatos. Thanatos possessed one of the guys in Pierce's highschool *not that she goes to highschool anymore now* so in order to kill Thanatos and get John back, Pierce had to press her necklace to that guy, I think his name is Seth Rector, without making any troubles. So she went to his party and snog his face off. By snogging I meant kissing passionately. But yeah, Thanatos was killed and John was back, punching Seth on the face because he kissed his girlfriend. Then they all live happily ever after. Well they didn't get married but they have plans and Pierce's parents' approval. It's enough ahahaha

As usual, I didn't mention some of the minor characters that helped with the story. Figured I'll spend way too much time elaborating them. I'd give the whole series 3 out of 5. Not that good but not that bad either. I wouldn't recommend it if you're not patient though haha. The first book is a chore and Pierce is not an easy character to like at first. Even John is soo moody I'm confused why Pierce likes him. But I guess, that makes him more realistic. But anyways, nothing beats a happy ending 

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Thanks for reading guys! This might be one of those rare moments that I actually made a long post. HAHAHA. The next book I would like to start reading is John Green's Looking for Alaska. Yes it has been released for some time but I heard it's interesting so, WHY NOT? As for Beautiful Creatures, I have finished the first book and is currently reading the 2nd one; however, I find the book not as interesting as the other books I've been reading. Not that it's a bad book. I'm just not interested. Perhaps there will come one day when I finally feel like continuing it. As for now, I'm trying to find books that are not really into paranormal fiction stuff for a change. Been reading too many of them I think. Look forward to the next post ;)

Sincerely yours,

Alicia. V

25th Diamond: Journey

Hello :)

How's everyone doin'? I believe all is well. 

No I have yet to finish Beautiful Creatures, NOT because I don't like it, but because I was distracted by something else that's MORE interesting. Yes, I GOT DISTRACTED BY GAMES. Guess what game it is? *drum-roll* It's JOURNEY!!!

This game was released on 2012 so I'm guessing most people already played it. But hey, it's a great game!
And you know what they say about great games, NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES YOU PLAYED IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN, IT'S STILL GOOD. 

Now this game is made for Playstation 3, which means that you can't buy a pirated version of it, and yes, it makes you think twice before buying it...not to mention this game is only like 3 hours long. It feels long though...I don't know why. BUT IT'S GOOD. DAMN GOOD. Another thing about the game is that throughout the whole journey, you'll be playing with another random player who happens to be playing the same game. So you guys are going to do the journey together and finish it together. That is if you played it non-stop. If you stop, then when you continue the journey, you won't be continuing it with the same person. 

Pretty interesting I must say. But then again, if you're too lazy to play the game and is just curious on how to play or what it's like, just go to youtube and browse some "Let's Play" videos. Some of them are actually nice :D I find pewdiepie's version entertaining. But then again, nothing beats playing the REAL GAME. 

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The graphic is just plain BEAUTIFULThere's A LOT TO SEE. Despite the fact that you're going to wander around in a dessert, *and later a mountain with lots of snow* which we all know 99% consists of sand . YES, SAND. But nooooooo, everything is just beautiful. The way the sand particles just fly and your growing scarf *yes, your character has some kind of scarf that grows longer as you progress throughout the game* just flows accordingly even if your other player friend goes near it, the scarf follows the movement. OHMYGAWD. Truly what I expected from a Playstation 3 game. 

Another thing is the whole concept of the game. The game is like a metaphor of life. You go through a lot of places, see a lot of beautiful views, experience fear and drop to the ground at times *that's when you meet the monsters in the game and you have to hide from them while at the same time your heart pumps like crazy*, meet random people whom later we'll somehow grew close to, and finish it all in the end. It's really something. There are a lot of games out there that has different meanings and concept, but I think this one's deep. DEEP I TELL YOU. 

Another thing I find interesting is the fact that this game is created by an INDIE GAME COMPANY. Nope you did not read that wrong. INDIE. The company is called "thatgamecompany." So the creators of this game is thatgamecompany *no spacings* 

THATGAMECOMPANY also made some other interesting games such as FLOW and FLOWER.

c: thatgamecompany official website

In flow, we play as an organism that grows following the rules of evolution. We start as a small organism, plankton-like maybe, then continues eating and eating and going deeper into the level to become....big. And that's basically the game. That's all it's about. THAT SIMPLE. Well you know what the slogan is.

".....life could be simple..."

c: thatgamecompany official website

The other game, FLOWER, is beautiful and sad at the same time. Not that it has a sad storyline no. There's actually no storyline I think. Basically all we players do throughout the game is fly around, reviving all the dead spots of grass that has flowers and collect more petals. Each level has a really big and wide playground, in this case a meadow. Although some levels played on a city-like place. 

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What's sad it that in the beginning of the game, they showed a scene of our ever busy and polluted world with no flowers or plants in them. That makes me sad...

In the game, the player becomes a wind I guess. You fly around, revive more patches, and collect more flower petals. But other than that, while flying around, you can fly and twist and turn and do what ever you want. Which makes the game beautiful. Other than the graphics of course.

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Feel like you're flying yet?

Oh and before the game starts, there'll be a warning. 

If you have a history of epilepsy or seizures, consult a doctor before use....

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED

"Look at that! How could that small flower gives you seizures?!"

The music is also, soooothing. It's soo soothing I don't know how to explain it. Same as Journey that has a really good soundtrack by Austin Wintory. The games has different themes so they have different music. Both soothing but different. Journey has a heroic epic journey-ish back ground music with orchestra and strings. While Flower has a windy harp strings and those type of instruments back ground music. You'll know what I meant.

One thing I know is that thatgamecompany *it kind of sounds funny no?* really know what they're doing. High-class graphics, amazing soundtracks, awesome gameplay, WHAT MORE CAN U ASK OF A GAME?!

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Funny thing I just realized...In Journey, as you progress, your scarf gets longer. In flow, you get more wing/leg like features. In flower you get more flower petals. THE SIMILARITIES ARE UNCANNY 

I would like to say thank you to thatgamecompany for making such great games. The world need more games like this lol. Please continue doing your best!

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To my readers, thank you for reading this post! I know there's a lot of pictures and all, but I really don't think it's possible to explain the game without showing it. If I can, I would love to make a Let's Play video. Who knows, one day ;)

Sincerely yours,

Alicia V