3.5
Worth the read, somehow a more radical and modern version of The Bell Jar? However, I cought myself waiting for the gender stereotyping to be resolved in some way, but it wasn't, which left the featured characters quite hollow for me. Another book with a female protagonist seeking love and validation from stereotyped male figures.
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Realistic Pessimist rated Dryland: 4 stars
Dryland by Sara Jaffe
"It's 1992, and the world is caught up in the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the Balkan Wars, but for fifteen-year-old Julie …
Realistic Pessimist rated Dialogue with a Somnambulist: 4 stars
Realistic Pessimist reviewed Tender by Ariana Harwicz
Ariana Harwicz: Tender
Review of 'Tender' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Realistic Pessimist rated Dschinns: 5 stars
Dschinns by Fatma Aydemir
Dreißig Jahre hat Hüseyin in Deutschland gearbeitet, nun erfüllt er sich endlich seinen Traum: eine Eigentumswohnung in Istanbul. Nur um …
Realistic Pessimist rated Black and White Museum: 3 stars
Realistic Pessimist rated Late Rainy Season Vacation: 3 stars
Realistic Pessimist rated Tell Me I'm Worthless: 5 stars
Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt
A dark, unflinching haunted house novel that takes readers from the well of the literary gothic, up through Brighton's queer …
Realistic Pessimist rated brütt oder Die seufzenden Gärten: 3 stars
Realistic Pessimist rated Don't Laugh, It'll Only Encourage Her: 4 stars
Ein Mädchen steht im Hof einer Anstalt. Das Tor geht auf, das Mädchen huscht hinaus …
Review of 'Bilder Deiner Großen Liebe' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Das deutsche Audiobook ist großartig gesungen und gesprochen von Sandra Hüller. Sehr empfehlenswert.
Realistic Pessimist rated The Transgender Issue: 5 stars
The Transgender Issue by Shon Faye
Trans people in Britain today have become a culture war 'issue'. Despite making up less than 1% of the country's …
Realistic Pessimist reviewed Dark Neighbourhood by Vanessa Onwuemezi
Review of 'Dark Neighbourhood' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Don't take this rating too seriously. I think my brain was just too tired to take this book in, so much went over my head, sometimes felt like it is written in a language I just know a handful of phrases of. I think it is a good book, just not ideal in exhausting times.
Realistic Pessimist reviewed Keeping the house by Tice Cin
Cabbages . . . The Turkish variety are prized for their enlarged leaf bud, that’s …
Review of 'Keeping the house' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
In subtle, poetic small portions Tice Cin tells the story of Ayla and her oldest daughter Damla, but also of other people close to them on the Farm estate in Tottenham and Cypress. In short glimpses from the perspectives of several characters of different generations the reader navigates through a never ending stream of male violence and the pores, sometimes even spaces of freedom some of the women open up for themselves through wit, will and repression. Both a sobering and reassuring read.
