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The true story of what happened the first time machines came for human jobs, when an underground network of 19th …
Who are the immensely wealthy right-wing ideologues shaping the fate of America today? From the bestselling author of The Dark …
Who are the immensely wealthy right-wing ideologues shaping the fate of America today? From the bestselling author of The Dark …
The Promise is the story of a family, but also of a country, over forty …
The meandering perspective at first annoyed me, then I settled into it. Once I fell into that rhythm, it felt like a solid read, and interesting to get a glimpse of South African life. Although I felt a bit irked to not get perspectives from Black characters a bit more.
The Promise is the story of a family, but also of a country, over forty years. In four parts, each …
The Promise is the story of a family, but also of a country, over forty years. In four parts, each …
The Promise is the story of a family, but also of a country, over forty years. In four parts, each …
A fascinating life revealed in a very open and honest manner. Definitely gave me a new perspective on the man and I look forward to delving into more of his films - I didn't realise quite how prolific he has been!
A fascinating life revealed in a very open and honest manner. Definitely gave me a new perspective on the man and I look forward to delving into more of his films - I didn't realise quite how prolific he has been!
A singular new novel from Betty Trask Prize–winner Samantha Harvey, Orbital is an eloquent meditation on space and life on …
A singular new novel from Betty Trask Prize–winner Samantha Harvey, Orbital is an eloquent meditation …
I was quite looking forward to this but came out disappointed. A lot more time seems to be spent on listing the places over which the ISS was currently flying, sometimes interspersed with some pleasing descriptions, but other times just feeling like a chore of describing yet another fly-over. The randomly jumping point of view and switching from one person's train of thought to another was also something I could have done without, and ultimately came out of it feeling like the characters were wholly undeveloped.
On the plus side there are some very nice passages scattered throughout, and some nice musings on life and meaning, but it just felt like the book was missing real substance to keep attention.
I often found myself semi-speed-reading through yet another listing of landmarks.
Your mileage may vary though as a lot of people seemed to like it!
I was quite looking forward to this but came out disappointed. A lot more time seems to be spent on listing the places over which the ISS was currently flying, sometimes interspersed with some pleasing descriptions, but other times just feeling like a chore of describing yet another fly-over. The randomly jumping point of view and switching from one person's train of thought to another was also something I could have done without, and ultimately came out of it feeling like the characters were wholly undeveloped.
On the plus side there are some very nice passages scattered throughout, and some nice musings on life and meaning, but it just felt like the book was missing real substance to keep attention.
I often found myself semi-speed-reading through yet another listing of landmarks.
Your mileage may vary though as a lot of people seemed to like it!
A singular new novel from Betty Trask Prize–winner Samantha Harvey, Orbital is an eloquent meditation …
I think I need a break from heavy non-fiction. Time to have a look at some recent Booker Prize winners. This sounds like an interesting premise 🤞
It truly beggars belief the woe and misery caused by the British and French in their Middle East machinations, and once things got bad they all just upped and left, and things have pretty much been a complete mess ever since.
