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London 2022, die Königin ist tot! An den Trauernden vorbei rennt Durga: internationale Drehbuchautorin, Tochter …
Wow. Ein tolles Buch. Eine wilde Reise durch die Vergangenheit, durch Wahrheit und Fiktion. #2024reads
The wandering Cleric Chih returns home to the Singing Hills Abbey for the first time …
A strange, emotional and thought-provoking story. #2024reads
Im Herbst 1927 brachen Erika und Klaus Mann zu einer gemeinsamen Weltreise auf. Über ein …
Sehr unterhaltsam #2024reads
Skalde lebt mit ihrer Mutter Edith in einer ausgedörrten Landschaft, die das letzte Refugium der …
Sehr atmosphärische Dystopie. Passt als Metapher gerade sehr gut. #2024reads
Wow. Sehr ungewöhnlich und sehr gut. #2024reads
Very tough read/listen in places, but also very moving. #2024reads
Inspired by stories from One Thousand and One Nights, this book weaves together the …
Not sure what to think about this one. Was a solid adventure read for the most part but didn't stick the landing. #2024reads
A little old-fashioned in places but provides a lot of food for thought. #2024reads
Tagsüber hilft Juno ihrem schwerkranken Mann Jupiter dabei, seinen Alltag zu meistern. Außerdem ist sie …
Hat mir gut gefallen. #2024reads
In a fallen kingdom, one girl carries the key to discovering the secrets of her …
This was my book club's pick for May. We follow this year's Illumicrate calendar which shows a fan created illustration of a different book each month. That and the good reviews elsewhere mean that it (or the trilogy it's the first book of) has its fans. I find that slightly puzzling because the content of the book doesn't live up to the great cover and is middling at best. Things are treated as great reveals even though they were telegraphed from a mile away or even explained in an earlier chapter. For the advancement of the plot the protagonists sometimes have to act out-of-character or foolishly and there are a lot of clicheś. The search for Lan Mom's legacy is captivating. Some of the magic is quite interesting and the question of whether it's necessary to destroy something that gives great power to have peace is intriguing. However, the author …
This was my book club's pick for May. We follow this year's Illumicrate calendar which shows a fan created illustration of a different book each month. That and the good reviews elsewhere mean that it (or the trilogy it's the first book of) has its fans. I find that slightly puzzling because the content of the book doesn't live up to the great cover and is middling at best. Things are treated as great reveals even though they were telegraphed from a mile away or even explained in an earlier chapter. For the advancement of the plot the protagonists sometimes have to act out-of-character or foolishly and there are a lot of clicheś. The search for Lan Mom's legacy is captivating. Some of the magic is quite interesting and the question of whether it's necessary to destroy something that gives great power to have peace is intriguing. However, the author doesn't give it the room and depth it would deserve. I won't read the second book in the series. #2024reads
Wandering cleric Chih of the Singing Hills travels to the riverlands to record tales of …
This is the second book I've read from the series and it's amazingly different from the first, rather quiet one. There's a lot of martial arts action! I liked how Chih (and by extension we) first heard the stories of various martial arts legends and then found themself in one. It was also interesting to see how those stories change during their retelling although that was only a small aspect of the book. Recommended. #2024reads
Michael Kohlhaas ist mit einer Koppel Pferde auf dem Weg nach Sachsen. Da pfändet ihm …
Ein Klassiker, den ich bisher nicht gelesen hatte und ohne die ARD-Audiothek wäre es auch dabei geblieben. Es hat mir erstaunlicherweise richtig gut gefallen. Die Sprache ist ziemlich altertümlich und die Sätze zum Teil übermäßig kompliziert. Aber ich konnte trotzdem gut folgen. Rachegeschichten haben ja irgendwie große Anziehungskraft, so auch hier, obwohl das Unrecht im Grunde eine Nichtigkeit ist. Es gibt einiges an Action und zum Schluss nochmal eine unerwartete neue Wendung, die Kohlhaas' Rache am Kurfürsten erst richtig vollendet. Dazwischen auch eine Diskussion mit Luther zum Thema Unrecht. #2024reads
Imprisoned by her dictator brother, Malini spends her days in isolation in the Hirana: an …
This was the April book in the book club I have with two friends and we all liked it so much that we want to read the sequel.
I really liked the setting - I haven't come across many fantasy novels based on old India. We also get wood magic, supernatural (or alien?) beings, a mysterious illness and a magical temple. The worldbuilding is great and very dense. I found it hard to put the book down once I had gotten into it because it felt like being in a different world. The story, too, is more complex than I expected and there are some interesting and unexpected twists. The romance doesn't follow the usual patterns, either, I felt. If you're into fantasy you should check this one out. #2024reads
