bookreview

I read contemporary novels so you don’t have to

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@sayakamurata ‘s book “Earthlings” would be a PERFECT Sion Sono movie.

[Simon Prosser @HamishH1931]

Love this photo: Zadie Smith with David Foster Wallace (in Basquiat T-shirt) & Jonathan Franzen in background:

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I want to #read (and ultimately review) some new literary fiction novels. I like weird/dark/reflective, slow- to medium-paced stories. (I DO NOT read genre fiction or YA) Any #BookRecommendations ?

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The super-short chapters disrupted the reading flow. Also it could have been a good 100 pages longer. (Reading a book <200 pages feels kinda unsatisfying, especially when you feel the author has a lot more to say.)
#BookRecommendation

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#bookreview “At Night all Blood is Black”, by @DDiop_ecrivain 3.5/5⭐️

God’s truth, I felt indifferent towards this book until the very end. A good ending can do so much for the entirety of a novel, and this one definitely did…

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…At first I was a little annoyed by all the repetitious phrases but, god’s truth, they kinda grew on me. We’re in Alfas head, who becomes insane after witnessing his best friends death on the battlefield. The narration becomes more abstract as the story goes on.

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…The second story “moonlight shadow” was much better than the main story (kitchen), hence the 3 stars. Also all the “Erico is a man actually”, about the trans-person really made my SJW-senses tingle. (Yes, I know it’s 1980s Japan, but still, let me feel annoyed, ok?)

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#bookreview “Kitchen”, by Banana Yoshimoto 3/5⭐️

2 short stories that felt like an eternity. Could have been the translation, even though the stories are quite beautiful and heartbreaking I wasn’t really engaged and just wanted be done with it…

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@damircatic @blairewhite @elonmusk What do you know you’re a child

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…I can’t stop thinking about this book. Best read of 2022 so far.
Highly recommend.
#BookRecommendation

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#bookreview “The Need”, by @helencphillips 5/5⭐️

This is basically what I thought Sheila Hetis “Motherhood” would be like, minus all the stuff I can’t tell you about, because any description that goes beyond page 5 is a major spoiler. You just have to trust me on this one…

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…If you like intense, creepy page-turners which are exceptionally well written, with themes of home invasion, motherhood, identity, psychological terror… sprinkled with just the right amount of horror(?) and sci-fi(?), this one’s for you…

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…. Cried several times (was my PMS-week tho, so not sure if that counts). Overall very weird, quirky and reflective novel.
Solid 3/5 stars, would recommend.
#BookRecommendation

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#bookreview “Before the Coffee gets Cold”, by Toshikazu Kawaguchi 3/5⭐️

Kinda reminded me of Matt Haigs “Midnight Library”, but also not at all. Non of the characters acted the way I wanted them to, which kept me interested in the story…

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…selected people (the cool ones, that don’t fit in?) and silently judges all the rest. If it wasn’t for the terribly unsatisfying ending I might have considered 3/5, because it still was a somewhat gripping read. Absolutely LOVE the book-cover tho.
#ReadingComunity

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#bookreview “Pew”, by Catherine Lacey, 2/5⭐️

Imagine the movie Dogville, but instead of Nicole Kidman our protagonist ist this mute, genderless, ageless, alien-like human being with no past, and instead of all the rape people talk about their feelings, A LOT.

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It felt as if the book tries really hard to be deep, and idk maybe it is. It criticizes church-communities, which I normally wouldn’t mind, but this felt so awfully condescending and unjust. Pew is such a little bitch, talking only to…

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The photography-book, “Inside North Korea”, by Oliver Wainwright, is nice to have, but will ultimately end up on my coffee table with all the other books that show off to my visitors how fun and quirky I am.

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#bookreview “Nothing to Envy”, by @BarbaraDemick 5/5⭐️

In case you want a little reminder of why you probably don’t wanna live in North Korea, read this book. Absolutely a 5/5.
#NorthKorea

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Really wanna see how close we can come to living in an #Orwell novel.