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Yubin

Yubin@bookwyrm.social

Joined 2 years ago

Based in Germany

Interested in books about society, fantasy, everyday life and some random stuff!

I only really started reading 2 years ago and still have a lot to read :)

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PietSmiet, Christian Lütjens: Total Verzockt - Das Pietsmiet 1x1 (Paperback, German language, 2016, Knaur)

Hallo, ihr Schnittchen! PietSmiet ist die coolste Clique auf YouTube: Peter, Br4mm3n, Chris, Dr. Jay …

Für Fans ein Muss

Das Buch ist eher wie eine verspielte Biographie. Es gibt zu allen Mitgliedern ein Kapitel in denen sie sich vorstellen und passende Spiele. Grade auch die Fotos aus der Zeit vor YouTube sind eine nette Sache. Entsprechend kann ich das allen (vor allen jüngeren) Interessierten von PietSmiet empfehlen!

George Orwell: 1984 (Hardcover, German language, 2021, Anaconda Verlag)

London, 1984: Winston Smith, Geschichtsfälscher im Staatsdienst, verliebt sich in die schöne und geheimnisvolle Julia. …

A classic deserving of its' status

Honestly I can't add anything to the discussion around this book. All I can is to highly encourage anyone who reads this should pick up a copy of the book!

Dmitry Glukhovsky: Metro 2033 (Paperback, German language, 2012, Heyne Verlag)

Metro 2033 (Russian: Метро 2033) is a 2002 post-apocalyptic fiction novel by Russian author Dmitry …

Interesting World without a fitting story

I decided to read this as I was interested in the dark atmosphere and intriging world. And in that aspect the book definitely delivered. The muscovy Metro is split into different factions with internal conflicts determining the actions of their leaders thus shaping the whole Metro. Unfortunately there are regular crises demanding cooperation of conflicting factions ... what a set up!

The introduction to the mc was also grabbing my attention. However, to establish the factions the mc has to at least pass them by which leads to a drawn out story. In my opinion it sometimes feels like the author prioritised showing of this cool world instead of writing a tense story. And I thought some scenes were really weird but that might just be me. However there were moments which stayed in my head and I really appreciated. And towards the end the book feels a bit like …