HerrXRay rated Wren, the Wren: 3 stars
Wren, the Wren by Anne Enright
An incandescent novel from one of our greatest living novelists (The Times) about the inheritance of trauma, wonder, and love …
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HerrXRay rated Agatha Christie - Death on the Nile ( Latest Edition ): 4 stars
Agatha Christie - Death on the Nile ( Latest Edition ) by Agatha Christie
Death on the Nile is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the UK …
HerrXRay rated 23 transmyyttiä: 4 stars
23 transmyyttiä by Mona Bling
"Oman identiteetin, oman elämän narratiivin ja oman tilan haltuunotto ovat rohkeita ja voimakkaita tekoja maailmassa, jossa meidät halutaan tunkea ahtaisiin …
HerrXRay rated Chinua Achebe's Things fall apart: 5 stars
Chinua Achebe's Things fall apart by Harold Bloom (Modern critical interpretations)
HerrXRay rated Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?: 5 stars
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip Dick
It was January 2021, and Rick Deckard had a license to kill. Somewhere among the hordes of humans out there, …
HerrXRay rated Slaughterhouse-Five: 4 stars
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Slaughterhouse-Five, also known as The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death is a science fiction infused anti-war novel by Kurt …
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
I, Robot is a fixup novel of science fiction short stories or essays by American writer Isaac Asimov. The stories …
HerrXRay rated Animal Farm (Collins Classics): 5 stars
George Orwell: Animal Farm (Collins Classics) (2021, HarperCollins Publishers Limited)
Animal Farm (Collins Classics) by George Orwell
Animal Farm is a brilliant political satire and a powerful and affecting story of revolutions and idealism, power and corruption. …
HerrXRay rated The House of God: 4 stars
Samuel Shem: The House of God (2003, Delta Trade Pbks.)
The House of God by Samuel Shem
The House of God is a satirical novel by Samuel Shem (a pseudonym used by psychiatrist Stephen Bergman), published in …
克拉拉与太阳 by Kazuo Ishiguro, 宋佥
克拉拉是一个专为陪伴儿童而设计的太阳能人工智能机器人（AF），具有极高的观察、推理与共情能力。她坐在商店展示橱窗里，注视着街头路人以及前来浏览橱窗的孩子们的一举一动。她始终期待着很快就会有人挑中她，不过，当这种永久改变境遇的可能性出现时，克拉拉却被提醒不要过分相信人类的诺言。
在《克拉拉与太阳》这部作品中，石黑一雄通过一位令人难忘的叙述者的视角，观察千变万化的现代社会，探索了一个根本性的问题：究竟什么是爱？
HerrXRay rated Paddy Clarke ha ha ha: 4 stars
Paddy Clarke ha ha ha by Roddy Doyle
In this national bestseller and winner of the Booker Prize, Roddy Doyle, author of the "Barrytown Trilogy," takes us to …
HerrXRay rated The Complete Maus: 5 stars
The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
On the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of its first publication, here is the definitive edition of the book acclaimed …
HerrXRay rated Vaihtokauppa: 3 stars
HerrXRay rated Normal People: 5 stars
Normal People by Sally Rooney, Sally Rooney
Rubbish. A quarter of it is love scenes. Very steamy like fifty shades of grey
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
From the New York Times bestselling author of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, an intoxicating, hypnotic new novel set …