this book, while presenting a mildly interesting crime plot just had too many slips of homophobic, transphobic, racist and misogynistic language for my enjoyment. And while the narrator of this book is a dick, this is at leat in the first half of the book never framed as something bad. I kinda enjoyed some flourishes of language but this was just too much
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Review of 'Gewitter über Pluto' on 'Storygraph'
1 star
this book, while presenting a mildly interesting crime plot just had too many slips of homophobic, transphobic, racist and misogynistic language for my enjoyment. And while the narrator of this book is a dick, this is at leat in the first half of the book never framed as something bad. I kinda enjoyed some flourishes of language but this was just too much
Emily hiding in a stack of books :3 rated The Complete Maus: 5 stars
Emily hiding in a stack of books :3 rated Bloom: 5 stars
Bloom by Kevin Panetta
Now that high school is over, Ari is dying to move to the big city with his ultra-hip band―if he …
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green
In Hank Green's sweeping, cinematic debut novel, a young woman becomes an overnight celebrity before realizing she's part of something …
The man who mistook his wife for a hat by Oliver Sacks
In his most extraordinary book, “one of the great clinical writers of the twentieth century” (The New York Times) recounts …
An unknown benefactor supplies an orphaned blacksmith's apprentice with the means to be educated in …
Review of 'Penguin English Library Great Expectations' on 'Storygraph'
The book has just been a drag to read... and never hooked me enough on its premise
The book has just been a drag to read... and never hooked me enough on its premise
Emily hiding in a stack of books :3 rated Prisoners of Geography: 2 stars
Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall
In the bestselling tradition of Why Nations Fail and The Revenge of Geography, an award-winning journalist uses ten maps of …
Emily hiding in a stack of books :3 reviewed Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Ghana, eighteenth century: two half sisters are born into different villages, each unaware of the …
Review of 'Homegoing' on 'Storygraph'
4 stars
For me, this debut novel is without a doubt worth a recommendation. While its sprawling nature and largely unremarkable writing might make it fall flat for some readers, it presented an interesting, captivating story for me. Of course, this book isn’t worthy of a Nobel prize in literature, but that is an overly pretentious expectation for a writer. This book has its special pull for me, even if that didn’t come from the plot itself, but from my expectations and a collection of great characters.
As a whole, I enjoyed the depth, the unique structure of this book gave its characters, especially the strand of the family that remained in Ghana. And I enjoyed the look into Ghanaian history, that gave me the appetite to look into it more. The same unfortunately can’t be said for the view into US history. Though it certainly offers a unique perspective of slavery …
For me, this debut novel is without a doubt worth a recommendation. While its sprawling nature and largely unremarkable writing might make it fall flat for some readers, it presented an interesting, captivating story for me. Of course, this book isn’t worthy of a Nobel prize in literature, but that is an overly pretentious expectation for a writer. This book has its special pull for me, even if that didn’t come from the plot itself, but from my expectations and a collection of great characters.
As a whole, I enjoyed the depth, the unique structure of this book gave its characters, especially the strand of the family that remained in Ghana. And I enjoyed the look into Ghanaian history, that gave me the appetite to look into it more. The same unfortunately can’t be said for the view into US history. Though it certainly offers a unique perspective of slavery founded in the loss of family history, that is stark in contrast to the other strand of the family.
more on chwiggys-world.de/2020/07/15/gyasiyaa-homegoing/
As a whole, I enjoyed the depth, the unique structure of this book gave its characters, especially the strand of the family that remained in Ghana. And I enjoyed the look into Ghanaian history, that gave me the appetite to look into it more. The same unfortunately can’t be said for the view into US history. Though it certainly offers a unique perspective of slavery founded in the loss of family history, that is stark in contrast to the other strand of the family.
more on chwiggys-world.de/2020/07/15/gyasiyaa-homegoing/
The Long War is a science fiction novel by British writers Terry Pratchett and Stephen …
Review of 'The Long War' on 'Storygraph'
1 star
Now, would I recommend this book? Hell no! I know a few people who really were engrossed by the world-building and who really enjoy the whole series of books, but to me, with hindsight, even the first book had some of the issues of this book.
If you really like world-building this book might be a pretty enjoyable and rompy read, but don’t expect a good story. I think you can read it for the vignettes of worlds, but the book is absolutely bereft of growth. For the most part, it’s characters in vague search of a plot and the titular long war that never comes.
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Written as a series of autobiographical essays, A Field Guide to Getting Lost draws on …
Review of 'A field guide to getting lost' on 'Storygraph'
4 stars
I can only recommend you to get lost in this book, full well knowing that getting lost in this book might not be possible for every reader.
There’s a real chance you might get too lost at reading this book, and I won’t fault you for putting it down and never returning. This book isn’t for everyone. You need a tolerance for frustration for dense prose, for feelings of being lost and alone. But if you’re ready to accept these feelings, if you tolerate being frustrated, this book is a treasure. A wealth of nature to behold opens up before you if you manage to get lost in these experiences of home and of far away.
Full review on chwiggys-world.de/2020/04/05/solnitrebecca-afieldguidetogettinglost/
Billy Budd, Bartleby, and Other Stories by Herman Melville, Peter M. Coviello
Though best-known for his epic masterpiece Moby Dick, Herman Melville also left a body of short stories arguably unmatched …
Emily hiding in a stack of books :3 reviewed Gratitude by Oliver Sacks
"In July 2013, Oliver Sacks turned eighty and wrote [a] ... piece in The New …
Review of 'Gratitude' on 'Storygraph'
5 stars
These essays have a special place in my heart. I’ve read the three essays within this book many times over, but they never fail to warm my heart. They are filled with the titular gratitude for a well-lived life and full of wisdom, fun, and a gripping curiosity that fills so much of Oliver Sacks’ writing.
If you can I would honestly recommend you to pick this little book up or at least search out the essays within.
Full review on chwiggys-world.de/2020/03/19/sacksoliver-gratitude/
Emily hiding in a stack of books :3 rated The Gentle Art of Tramping: 3 stars
Review of 'Der freie Hund' on 'Storygraph'
3 stars
I don’t think I would really recommend this book. It was an okay read, thoroughly captivating at points, but also somewhat flawed in its writing and treatment of women and LGBTQ characters. It brings an interesting mix of ideas to the table, but that didn’t suffice to convince me to want more of this book or more of this as a series.
If you’re really into political thrillers and crime stories involving the political this book may be worth picking up, but I wouldn’t be too disappointed if this book never gets a release in English. I’m not sure if I’m interested in picking up more books from the same writer, but I also wouldn’t frown at getting one for my birthday.
Full review on chwiggys-world.de/2020/03/07/schorlauwolfgang-derfreiehund/