German Torontonian. Universally curious. Fedizen since 2018.
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A Trick of the Light is a book written by Louise Penny and published by …
I truly enjoyed this book, maybe because Louise is essentially sharing a lot of her own experience and because the murder this time was relatively straight forward.
A Trick of the Light is a book written by Louise Penny and published by Minotaur Books (owned by St. …
A Trick of the Light is a book written by Louise Penny and published by Minotaur Books (owned by St. …
I feel bad about how much I didn't like this book. The one thing it has going for it is the wonderful depiction of mental illness. The author herself is a bipolar person and was hospitalized, so their descriptions were truly mind opening. Everything else in this book however is layed out too thick and consistently too much. The jokes really want to be funny, often at the wrong times. The conversations are empathetic and deep ALL. THE. TIME. And the obsession of women in this story on men is just annoying. This book was a drag and I actually had given up but was stuck with it on a long haul flight so I did finish it in the end.
I feel bad about how much I didn't like this book. The one thing it has going for it is the wonderful depiction of mental illness. The author herself is a bipolar person and was hospitalized, so their descriptions were truly mind opening. Everything else in this book however is layed out too thick and consistently too much. The jokes really want to be funny, often at the wrong times. The conversations are empathetic and deep ALL. THE. TIME. And the obsession of women in this story on men is just annoying. This book was a drag and I actually had given up but was stuck with it on a long haul flight so I did finish it in the end.
As one of the few witches in Britain, Mika Moon knows she has to hide her magic, keep her head …
As one of the few witches in Britain, Mika Moon knows she has to hide …
This is not my regular type of book. I read it for someone recommended it for its "Gilmore Girls vibe" and so I gave it a go. What I got is a book that is a bit shallow and easy to predict but indeed very cozy and lovable. It's romantic and non-threatening and that was what I truly enjoyed about it. I liked especially how the main character was depicted, all other characters were a bit flat in comparison. One minor annoyance I had to work through was one of the children in the book. Not a single time did I buy her behaviour or her dialog as fitting for a nine year old.
This is not my regular type of book. I read it for someone recommended it for its "Gilmore Girls vibe" and so I gave it a go. What I got is a book that is a bit shallow and easy to predict but indeed very cozy and lovable. It's romantic and non-threatening and that was what I truly enjoyed about it. I liked especially how the main character was depicted, all other characters were a bit flat in comparison. One minor annoyance I had to work through was one of the children in the book. Not a single time did I buy her behaviour or her dialog as fitting for a nine year old.
Catch 22, also Falle 22 oder Trick 22- das ist die ebenso irrsinnige wie ausweglose Dienstanweisung für das amerikanische Bombengeschwader, …
As one of the few witches in Britain, Mika Moon knows she has to hide her magic, keep her head …
Also den Bechdel test besteht das Ding aber so gar nicht.
I could not finish beyond about 20% as the writing was an unending parade of cliches and so uninspired that for a moment I wondered if it's actually produced by an AI.
I could not finish beyond about 20% as the writing was an unending parade of cliches and so uninspired that for a moment I wondered if it's actually produced by an AI.
