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الفيل الأزرق
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بعد خمس سنوات من العُزلة الاختيارية يستأنف د. يحيى عمله في مستشفى العباسية للصحّة النفسية، حيث يجد في انتظاره مفاجأة..
في "8 غرب"، القسم الذي يقرّر مَصير مُرتكبي الجرائم، يُقابل صديقاً قديماً يحمل إليه ماضياً جاهد طويلاً لينساه، ويصبح مَصيره فجأة بين يدي يحيى..
تعصِف المفاجآت بيحيى وتنقلب حياته رأسًا على عقب، ليصبح ما بدأ كمحاولة لاكتشاف حقيقة صديقه، رحلة مثيرة لاكتشاف ...more
في "8 غرب"، القسم الذي يقرّر مَصير مُرتكبي الجرائم، يُقابل صديقاً قديماً يحمل إليه ماضياً جاهد طويلاً لينساه، ويصبح مَصيره فجأة بين يدي يحيى..
تعصِف المفاجآت بيحيى وتنقلب حياته رأسًا على عقب، ليصبح ما بدأ كمحاولة لاكتشاف حقيقة صديقه، رحلة مثيرة لاكتشاف ...more
Paperback, الطبعة الاولى, 385 pages
Published
September 28th 2012
by دار الشروق
(first published 2012)
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I just finished it and by just I mean a few minutes . I don't really know if it can be classified as a horror novel but it certainly gave me a hell of a shiver . The way it ends differs from the author's previous two novels and it's a reason why I may consider it the best . Again I am giving it the highest rating - 5 out of 5 - as I really spent splendid time reading it . Just one more thing , I liked the way how the author uses the songs - that I can also call anthems - . Those inspired to
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Stunning, every detail has been written in a high professionalism , feel like i am reading a thriller hollywoodian movie took the academy award 5 times in a row. it's a masterpiece , never bored , i lived the details of each character . really Ahmed Mourad amaze me in every novel he writes , recent novels are even better the previous , It blows me away.. all the mental and psychological events are based on studies. I felt it's like "Shutter Island " movie at some points ,, I got twisted as usual
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Very over rated! A book with no real value, just a commercial, creepy and meaningless book. I dont understand why r they turning it to a movie! 2 yrs and this book will be forgotten..
Perfect! perfect! Although quite non-traditional for Ahmed Mourad to explore this genre of writing but, as expected, he excelled at it. The novel starts as if it is following the traditional crime
lines followed in Vertigo and "Torab El Mas" but takes a completely different and more exciting twist while progressing.
What I didn't like is the excessive use of drinking, drugs and sex (although quite essential for the plot and is really used very cleverly).
In short, really immersing novel, REALLY ...more
lines followed in Vertigo and "Torab El Mas" but takes a completely different and more exciting twist while progressing.
What I didn't like is the excessive use of drinking, drugs and sex (although quite essential for the plot and is really used very cleverly).
In short, really immersing novel, REALLY ...more
Ahmed Mourad delivers a solid story telling with a spectacular and satisfying ending. The book in my opinion had almost everything. Starting from the characters developing, following by addressing our society's problems and ending by entering the amazing world of sorcery and magic. I'd give it 4 out of 5 stars.
Main (and probably only downside) of this book is that Mourad's Metaphors are sometimes exhausting to imagine and a bit cheesy, but I'd happily discard that if he delivers such a neat ...more
Main (and probably only downside) of this book is that Mourad's Metaphors are sometimes exhausting to imagine and a bit cheesy, but I'd happily discard that if he delivers such a neat ...more
It's amazing how he got me deep into psycho-analysis...Somehow Scary!I already imagened a black starving dog walks behind me every night O_O
before reviewing this novel,,this is NOT a YA, its content as writing , twist and language wont be suitable for 20 and younger.
having that said..now reviewing the novel
This novel will easily take your brain put it in a washing-machine, and Ta-daaaaa your mind will be out as white as a rainbow.
the writing is very colorful, vivid , imaginative, and descriptive.
the plot is a page turner, and although it might be little predicative, still you will be faced with a a worthy good twist.
as for the main ...more
having that said..now reviewing the novel
This novel will easily take your brain put it in a washing-machine, and Ta-daaaaa your mind will be out as white as a rainbow.
the writing is very colorful, vivid , imaginative, and descriptive.
the plot is a page turner, and although it might be little predicative, still you will be faced with a a worthy good twist.
as for the main ...more
Although "Diamond Dust" remains my favourite Ahmed Mourad piece, this book, like all his other books, is outstanding! The language, like always, is capturing, and the plot is excellently written! In this book, Mourad takes us to the Al-Abbaseyya mental hospital in Cairo where Dr Yahia goes back to pursue his work after staying at home willingly for 5 years. He happens to meet an old friend, Sherif, who comes as a murderer accused of murdering his wife and suspected of being mentally sick, and it
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This one was totally different and even more catchy, a new writing style, not in Ahmed Mourad's way i mean new style in the story and somehow in the way he keeps the readers interested .. less disgusting scenes is what i really needed from him after "تراب الماس".
The "DMT" world as i call it was just boring at some parts but not so boring to stop me from keep reading the story.
anyway it was really good and i wasn't disappointed and i can't wait for his 4th novel.
The "DMT" world as i call it was just boring at some parts but not so boring to stop me from keep reading the story.
anyway it was really good and i wasn't disappointed and i can't wait for his 4th novel.
Gripping! A thrilling plot. I really liked it. It had the power to pin me to a chair and get me to follow through in four days despite everything else that's happening in my life. It's well written and shortlisted for the 2014 International Prize for Arabic Fiction. Though I doubt it will win given its contenders, it deserves a lot of recognition for having reached the shortlist.
Totally amazing i finished it at 1 and half day. But still 3 stars bc i wanted or excepted a logic ending, like a disease or something. But still very nice :)
2.5 stars! will write a review soon!
Very expressive and real
amazing!! the movie fucked it up Im sorry
WHAT THE HELL DID I JUST READ!!!
I like Ahmed Mourad he is the one of the few Arabic authors whom i read for. As usual his style in writing remained unchanged,it was full of his usual humor and the ugly truth. It was a very easy read I finished it in a day and a half, even though to be honest I did skip few useless paragraphs.
Now to the story it's self.
It's very gripping.. it makes you not wanting to put down the book until you know what the hell is going on!
I think that he wanted to turn an old ...more
I like Ahmed Mourad he is the one of the few Arabic authors whom i read for. As usual his style in writing remained unchanged,it was full of his usual humor and the ugly truth. It was a very easy read I finished it in a day and a half, even though to be honest I did skip few useless paragraphs.
Now to the story it's self.
It's very gripping.. it makes you not wanting to put down the book until you know what the hell is going on!
I think that he wanted to turn an old ...more
Well, I'd give him 1 star, but his suspense and plot deserved 2 stars.....
My First reading to him; I've to admit not so fan of Contemporary Egyptian Writers....... But he took a new angle of it.
He's majorly weak within the psychological part, he should of made that angle further than him, but he took it in the psychiatric and patient relationship dilemma.
but actually he made something, he made the reader think that this is some sort of battle of psychological issue
The focus of basic instincts ...more
My First reading to him; I've to admit not so fan of Contemporary Egyptian Writers....... But he took a new angle of it.
He's majorly weak within the psychological part, he should of made that angle further than him, but he took it in the psychiatric and patient relationship dilemma.
but actually he made something, he made the reader think that this is some sort of battle of psychological issue
The focus of basic instincts ...more
I was so glad that Mourad got out of the Rich and Powerful scum of the earth and the not so powerful taking vengeance Plot.. I was kind of scared that he would be stuck. I am glad he was not..
Back to this book..
I finished this book in one day.. Something about the plot attracted me and kept on forcing me to read. I have always been able to see through complicated and far fetched plots but even my insight was wrong. It touched me on a very deep level. How far will people go to have what they ...more
Back to this book..
I finished this book in one day.. Something about the plot attracted me and kept on forcing me to read. I have always been able to see through complicated and far fetched plots but even my insight was wrong. It touched me on a very deep level. How far will people go to have what they ...more
the blue elephant is a definite page turner yet much less enjoyable!
as i read in previous reviews , almost everyone agrees that it's a true thriller and a page turner, also with good background information which gives the author high marks on professional excellence, yet as for the enjoyable part: it was in the beginning, before it turns out unnecessarily into a different plot altogether! am not judging the novel morally coz if i did it would have sunk lower, but point is it didn't have to ...more
as i read in previous reviews , almost everyone agrees that it's a true thriller and a page turner, also with good background information which gives the author high marks on professional excellence, yet as for the enjoyable part: it was in the beginning, before it turns out unnecessarily into a different plot altogether! am not judging the novel morally coz if i did it would have sunk lower, but point is it didn't have to ...more
First second I finished the novel :
That is one weird novel. and probably not the good type of weird.
10 seconds later:
It's not that bad after all..
an hour later..going into all the details. drawing the full picture:
It's Really good. its quite something.
I took it in one day. one shot. I missed stories that grasp your attention that strong.
It's very different. obvious maturity in his writing style. and a complete difference in the approach. Makes sense that it'll get a lot of hate since it's not ...more
That is one weird novel. and probably not the good type of weird.
10 seconds later:
It's not that bad after all..
an hour later..going into all the details. drawing the full picture:
It's Really good. its quite something.
I took it in one day. one shot. I missed stories that grasp your attention that strong.
It's very different. obvious maturity in his writing style. and a complete difference in the approach. Makes sense that it'll get a lot of hate since it's not ...more
This book started out brilliantly, I raced through 200 pages of a murder mystery starring a psychiatrist, book had the makings of a really psychiatric thriller with just the right dose of confusion, medical jargon and character insight. Yet the awesomeness came to a screeching halt after what was probably one of the best twists I have read in years (making it even more disappointing). The author decides to abandon the plausible and sensational line he had going in favour of some black magic,
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i think its a very good one and attractive as well..u cant drop the book b4 u finish it,,
but too much info about alcohols, drugs that meant nothing actually what type of alcohol will he drink!!! what a show off..
the dreams and how its wrote like a scene u can imagine infront of ur eyes was really genius..
how the conflict happened of who is exactly sick and who is not i found it very clever and attracting more to continue reading..
ahmed morad made a novel that takes him to a different level of a ...more
but too much info about alcohols, drugs that meant nothing actually what type of alcohol will he drink!!! what a show off..
the dreams and how its wrote like a scene u can imagine infront of ur eyes was really genius..
how the conflict happened of who is exactly sick and who is not i found it very clever and attracting more to continue reading..
ahmed morad made a novel that takes him to a different level of a ...more
Ahmed Mourad puts so much detail and thought in his characters that he makes them so real. And that is one thing i like about his writing.
However, this novel was a bit confusing for me, especially the long dream and the ending when the hero wakes up with a tattoo in his arms.. But, When i saw the movie, it cleared most of the vague events in the book. Nevertheless, the book was way better than the movie when describing the emotions of the characters.
However, this novel was a bit confusing for me, especially the long dream and the ending when the hero wakes up with a tattoo in his arms.. But, When i saw the movie, it cleared most of the vague events in the book. Nevertheless, the book was way better than the movie when describing the emotions of the characters.
LOVEDDD ITTTTT. thats the BEST arabic novel i ve ever read in my whole life (loved it even more than "rob3 gram"). its such a page-turner, i cudnt put it down. wherever i go i had it along with me. it was sooo exciting, he described his dreams in a sooo messed-up way that finally made perfect sense.
its my 1st novel for Ahmed Morad, and it wont be my last isA. keep it up, u r sooo on the right track.
its my 1st novel for Ahmed Morad, and it wont be my last isA. keep it up, u r sooo on the right track.
18/10/2013
That was good, thriller and well written.. This author has my guarantee stamp. He -as usual- nailed the plot and kept me at the edge of my chair for most of the book.
27/8/2014
Well after I figured this novel was not original I take back almost all my words....
That was good, thriller and well written.. This author has my guarantee stamp. He -as usual- nailed the plot and kept me at the edge of my chair for most of the book.
27/8/2014
Well after I figured this novel was not original I take back almost all my words....
its court Is fantastic but there are sexy words and gestures and there is too much describrion about sexual relation although there is no need to it ,,,,, there are a lot of rude words ,,,, its style is very bad and it is against my expectations ..............
Mar 02, 2013
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A nice novel in general, I liked it although I didn't like the ending much and wasn't convinced of it
Still worth reading and would recommend it as a good read, Ahmed mourad is a talented writer who can write about thrill, crime and now medical and mystery as well :)
Still worth reading and would recommend it as a good read, Ahmed mourad is a talented writer who can write about thrill, crime and now medical and mystery as well :)
Best novel for ahmed morad (Y).. He passed the barriers of reality and let his mind create a whole fictional world and used his technique to put the reader in it .. He is diffenitely moving from good to better
This story consumed me, I like it and hate it , I felt it, it is amazing, this is the first for me for the guy , I don't think it will be the last. I would like to give the book as a present to some one, but I need to choose carefully
2.5 stars
The first 200 pages were great.The end was a disaster! A total disaster!
The first 200 pages were great.The end was a disaster! A total disaster!
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“العــشـق : مـرض نـتـخـيـّل أننـا نـشـفـى مـنـه .. فـقـط لأن لا أحـد يـمـوت بـسـبـبـه نـظـريـا”
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“أنا فُتات إنسان يتظاهر أنه على قيد الحياة وهو ليس كذلك...
أنا الذي يتنفس ويأكُل وينَام بقوة الدفع..
أنا ساعة بدون عقْرب..
أنا يُونس في بطن حُوت كافر لن يَلفظني عند جزيرة..”
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أنا الذي يتنفس ويأكُل وينَام بقوة الدفع..
أنا ساعة بدون عقْرب..
أنا يُونس في بطن حُوت كافر لن يَلفظني عند جزيرة..”
