We're a plural system who loves queer & anarchist scifi.
But recently we just read a few randomly picked up mystery books in a row, in German, and we tend to review books in the language we read them in. That or similar may happen again, be warned.
No reading goals, just feelings.
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Includes all six novels in the series
I'm not a classics person, so I'm surprised that this is fun. It's also super hard to follow though!
I'm not a classics person, so I'm surprised that this is fun. It's also super hard to follow though!
"A fresh and imaginative retelling of the Rumpelstiltskin fairytale from the bestselling author of Uprooted, …
It's good! It's also not a sequel to Uprooted. And it's possibly the first time I read fantasy that has Jewish people and culture. (It also has antisemitism.) Also, it starts out as a story about money, and I'd never have expected to like such a thing. I got a little bored towards the end, but not too much.
It's good! It's also not a sequel to Uprooted. And it's possibly the first time I read fantasy that has Jewish people and culture. (It also has antisemitism.) Also, it starts out as a story about money, and I'd never have expected to like such a thing. I got a little bored towards the end, but not too much.
Carlota Moreau: a young woman, growing up in a distant and luxuriant estate, safe from …
It's a sweet story, but also pretty boring.
It's a sweet story, but also pretty boring.
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Yeah no I don't get classics. I dozed through most of this, since I didn't want to properly start Silvia Moreno-Garcias "The Daughter of Doctor Moreau" without knowing it at all. Done, moving on.
Yeah no I don't get classics. I dozed through most of this, since I didn't want to properly start Silvia Moreno-Garcias "The Daughter of Doctor Moreau" without knowing it at all. Done, moving on.
A family on a remote island. A mysterious woman washed ashore. A rising storm on …
Oof. So, this is the least frustrating of the 3 McConaghy books I've read so far! There was really only one development that felt deeply unsatisfying. I definitely recommend this one if you don't want to tear out your hair over how wrong everything goes. Still, a lot does go wrong, and bad things like climate change, death and violence are central to the story.
Oof. So, this is the least frustrating of the 3 McConaghy books I've read so far! There was really only one development that felt deeply unsatisfying. I definitely recommend this one if you don't want to tear out your hair over how wrong everything goes. Still, a lot does go wrong, and bad things like climate change, death and violence are central to the story.
A family on a remote island. A mysterious woman washed ashore. A rising storm on …
I'm excited for this one
I'm excited for this one
Sonia Wilson is a talented scientific illustrator—but she is only able to follow her dream …
For a while, I wasn't sure if I liked the story, but i certainly liked the way it was told, by watercolor and creepy insects. In the end, huge amounts of insect body horror later, I did like the story, and found it deeply satisfying.
For a while, I wasn't sure if I liked the story, but i certainly liked the way it was told, by watercolor and creepy insects. In the end, huge amounts of insect body horror later, I did like the story, and found it deeply satisfying.
"Our Dragon doesn't eat the girls he takes, no matter what stories they tell outside …
It's fun but I got impatient towards the end
It's fun but I got impatient towards the end
This has pretty complex rules, in my first try I totally forgot about competence points and didn't get anywhere....
The story is truly unimpressive. The art style is generally to my liking except for how humans look, especially that most women have their boobs sticking out of their clothes.
It's fun if you just want to kill a few creatures to level up and kill bigger creatures. (There's English and German translations. I managed ok in French, but I had to look some things up, and it felt a little harder than the first gamebook that I read, Le sorcier de la montagne de feu.)
This has pretty complex rules, in my first try I totally forgot about competence points and didn't get anywhere....
The story is truly unimpressive. The art style is generally to my liking except for how humans look, especially that most women have their boobs sticking out of their clothes.
It's fun if you just want to kill a few creatures to level up and kill bigger creatures. (There's English and German translations. I managed ok in French, but I had to look some things up, and it felt a little harder than the first gamebook that I read, Le sorcier de la montagne de feu.)
Three women in three different eras encounter danger and witchcraft in this eerie multigenerational horror …
Glad I read this! I'm getting the ghost story vibes that I didn't get from Mexican Gothic cause I couldn't handle the abuse, and I like how this story is predictable in the very best way, hinting at all the big reveals long before. I always have trouble with stories set at two different times, so this wasn't an easy start, but it worked out well.
Glad I read this! I'm getting the ghost story vibes that I didn't get from Mexican Gothic cause I couldn't handle the abuse, and I like how this story is predictable in the very best way, hinting at all the big reveals long before. I always have trouble with stories set at two different times, so this wasn't an easy start, but it worked out well.
Some people are extraordinary. Some are just extra. New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune's …
I made it through, so clearly i found some things good about this book, but ooof i was annoyed a lot of the time. Mainly by it being extremely slow-paced. I think the story would have worked out better for me if it was about a third or maybe half of its lenght. A bit like the kind of fanfic that Nick writes, actually. But also, while I was hopeful in the beginning that it would be at least a tiny bit critical towards that profession, it turned more and more into an ode to cops towards the end. And the reporter who is described by Nick in terms of misogynist tropes and then actually turns out to be as horrible as he says was an annoying move too. I might still read book 2 🙄
This series.... idk. It took me a few tries to get through this book. Just like the first, it's about a young woman who lives and works with sexy asshole monster dudes, which is all a bit threatening, but her world has always been that, and now her friends are also part of the monster powerplay bullshit world. There's always some bi flirting, which I appreciate. There's too much details of penetrative sex for my taste. But in this book.... there's a horrible therapy session, a real bad example, that somehow still feels like "look, even this tough person tries therapy". And some other things that felt like real life references that didn't really work out.
This series.... idk. It took me a few tries to get through this book. Just like the first, it's about a young woman who lives and works with sexy asshole monster dudes, which is all a bit threatening, but her world has always been that, and now her friends are also part of the monster powerplay bullshit world. There's always some bi flirting, which I appreciate. There's too much details of penetrative sex for my taste. But in this book.... there's a horrible therapy session, a real bad example, that somehow still feels like "look, even this tough person tries therapy". And some other things that felt like real life references that didn't really work out.
After Nancy was cast out of the Halls of the Dead and forced to enroll …
Well, that was short!! But otherwise very nice
Ok so the first time i quite literally got struck by lightning when i was almost through. I'm going in for a second time, so my plan to learn some french by reading trashy fantasy choose your own adventure things that are fun enough to keep me going without understanding everything is working. It is pretty trashy too, it's basically just fighting random creatures and getting lost in the mountain.
Ok so the first time i quite literally got struck by lightning when i was almost through. I'm going in for a second time, so my plan to learn some french by reading trashy fantasy choose your own adventure things that are fun enough to keep me going without understanding everything is working. It is pretty trashy too, it's basically just fighting random creatures and getting lost in the mountain.
After Nancy was cast out of the Halls of the Dead and forced to enroll …
Library surprise (forgotten hold)!! Exciting!!
