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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Bandi ist das Pseudonym des ersten literarischen Dissidenten aus Nordkorea. Sein Buch ist die Sammlung …
The book contains multiple stories written in the '90s in North Korea. Everyone of them details how a small problem can lead to life threatening dangers in the most isolated dictatorship on the world.
I highly recommend reading this without knowing too much about this.
JOSHUA WONG: das Gesicht der Protestbewegung von Hongkong
Joshua Wong erzählt, wie er es mit …
First of all I really admire Joshua Wong and respect his efforts in fighting for democracy.
This book broadly has 3 parts. The introduction describes Joshua Wong's life and Hong Kong (HK) politics up to the protests for democracy. During this we get a good explanation of how HK is governed and how its' autonomy is reduced and replaced with mainland chinese laws.
After that we get a diary from Joshua Wong which he wrote during his prison time detailing his time there and how he stays informed of the situation in HK and tries to fight for democracy out of his cell.
The end of the book consists of a manifesto for democracy and a call to action for every citizen to stand of for their rights.
Well what I like is that we get a good look at who Joshua Wong is and what he believes in. Unfortunately …
First of all I really admire Joshua Wong and respect his efforts in fighting for democracy.
This book broadly has 3 parts. The introduction describes Joshua Wong's life and Hong Kong (HK) politics up to the protests for democracy. During this we get a good explanation of how HK is governed and how its' autonomy is reduced and replaced with mainland chinese laws.
After that we get a diary from Joshua Wong which he wrote during his prison time detailing his time there and how he stays informed of the situation in HK and tries to fight for democracy out of his cell.
The end of the book consists of a manifesto for democracy and a call to action for every citizen to stand of for their rights.
Well what I like is that we get a good look at who Joshua Wong is and what he believes in. Unfortunately the structure of the book sometimes seems a bit unfitting and the manifesto a bit unclear at times. Also I don't like how mainland chinese people are partly portrayed as being less behaved than HKers. I can understand why he might feel like this but I don't believe he is doing himself any favors.
Due to this I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone. But if you're interested in Joshua Wong or want to read a bit about the HK protests this might interest you!
Hallo, ihr Schnittchen! PietSmiet ist die coolste Clique auf YouTube: Peter, Br4mm3n, Chris, Dr. Jay …
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!
London, 1984: Winston Smith, Geschichtsfälscher im Staatsdienst, verliebt sich in die schöne und geheimnisvolle Julia. …
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!
Metro 2033 (Russian: Метро 2033) is a 2002 post-apocalyptic fiction novel by Russian author Dmitry …
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 …
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 rushing towards the finish line.
Well if you're interested in the world you should definitely think about picking this up! Especially if you want an adventure discovering a post-apocalyptic Metro.
