Didn’t quite grab me like some of Highsmith’s other works but certainly enjoyable. Gotta rewatch the movie soon to compare
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bookmarc reviewed Carol by Patricia Highsmith
Review of 'Carol' on 'Goodreads'
bookmarc reviewed Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is the first of six books in the Hitchhiker's …
Review of "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" on 'Goodreads'
Very fun read, glad I finally got around to it. A smidge to absurd for me at times but I’m still excited for the rest of the series.
Especially since I don’t know them beat for beat yet from a movie
"Command the murderous chalices! Drink ye harpooners! Drink and swear, ye men that man the …
Review of 'MobyDick\r\n \r\n Penguin Classics Deluxe Editions' on 'Goodreads'
So the story of the white whale had become my white whale. Not sure if that’s ironic or appropriate. But hey, only took me on an off 2 years to finish this…
This is a difficult one to review. Absolutely loved the beginning with just Ishmael and Queequeg but then the story really lost steam for most of the book.
Dense language and highly specific and partially translated outdated whale and whaling info does not make for the most riveting read, certainly not for hundreds of pages.
Still, I’m a sucker for maritime adventure stories and I enjoyed this way more than I should have. Will probably revisit favorite sections in the future but see no reason to read the book in its entirety again.
bookmarc reviewed De wens en de vaders by Sara Coster
Review of 'De wens en de vaders' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Surprisingly well-written and incredibly honest look at co-parenting. Really important book as their doesn't seem to be anything like it out there.
bookmarc rated Krabat - Schulausgabe: 3 stars
Krabat - Schulausgabe by Otfried Preussler
Neugier lockt Krabat zur Mühle am Koselbruch, vor der alle warnen, weil es dort nicht ganz geheuer sei. Ein leichtes …
bookmarc reviewed La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman (The Book of Dust Volume One)
Malcolm Polstead is the kind of boy who notices everything but is not much noticed …
Review of 'La Belle Sauvage' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Obviously fantastic
bookmarc rated Momo. Nueva Edición 50 años / Momo. 50 Years New Edition: 5 stars
Michael Ende: Momo. Nueva Edición 50 años / Momo. 50 Years New Edition (Spanish language, 2023, Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial)
Momo. Nueva Edición 50 años / Momo. 50 Years New Edition by Michael Ende
The Neverending Story is Michael Ende's best-known book, but Momo, published six years earlier, is the all-ages fantasy novel that …
bookmarc rated Glass Cage: 3 stars
bookmarc rated Beautiful World, Where Are You: 5 stars
Sally Rooney: Beautiful World, Where Are You (2021, Faber & Faber, Limited)
Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney
Beautiful World, Where Are You is a novel by Irish author Sally Rooney. It was released on 7 September 2021. …
bookmarc rated The Leopard (revised) (Vintage Classic): 3 stars
bookmarc reviewed Heinrich von Ofterdingen by Novalis
Review of 'Heinrich von Ofterdingen' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
It's a shame this was unfinished, yet that somehow makes it more mysterious and magical. Some of the stranger dreamlike sequences have stuck with me since I read it, will definitely revisit in the future!
bookmarc rated Sea, the Sea: 3 stars
bookmarc rated Filterworld: 5 stars
Filterworld by Kyle Chayka
Terms From New Yorker staff writer and author of The Longing for Less Kyle Chayka comes a timely history and …
bookmarc reviewed Losing Eden by Lucy Jones
Review of 'Losing Eden' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
Important topic, just not written with the care it deserves.
The author does more wondering about stuff than Carrie Bradshaw, while otherwise padding things out with repetitions of both facts and anecdotes (We get it, you enjoy swimming in nature!). It's particularly bad given the brevity of the book.
There were also a few instances of unrelated topics just being thrown into paragraphs as apparently the author didn't manage to find a good spot for them.
A thorough go with an editor would have much improved this book. In its current state it felt more like a long mediocre blogpost than something that should have been published in book form.