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Uwe Timm: Der Schlangenbaum (Paperback, Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch GmbH & Co KG)

No clue what to think about this book

It's a fast read, it's somewhat witty and self aware, but the characters are largely dipshits unaware of the harm they are doing. It's definitely a book only a white man could have written, but at the same time I don't hate it.

Ursula K. Le Guin: The Left Hand of Darkness (Paperback, 2010, Ace Books)

On the planet Winter, there is no gender. The Gethenians can become male or female …

They was an option

Tales a bit to get into, but then a gripping read. I can see why it's a classic, but I wish the author had been less of an anthropologist, and less bioessentialist at a bunch of points. The main narrator is unfortunately misogynistic, and his narrative decisions and views get rarely challenged by the other narrators even tho it could very well have been

Agatha Christie: Poirot Loses a Client (Hercule Poirot Mysteries (1974, Delta)

Emily Arundel changed her will only days before her death, and Hercule Poirot must "determine …

That was a refreshingly quick read. Less refreshing the weird racism and racial slurs, but oh my I guess it's what you get for reading English books from the 30s