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Jorge Sanz

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J.R.R. Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit Boxed Set (1986, Del Rey) 4 stars

The Fellowship of the Ring is the first of three volumes of the epic novel …

Review of 'The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit Boxed Set New Line Cinema Movie' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

The first time I read The Hobbit I was 14. Now, 20 years later I've enjoyed it in English and even the translation is really good, reading Tolkien in his language it's a different thing. The expressiveness of his prose is a really different to the type of English texts I usually read. I'll re-read TLOTR in English some time in the future but as for now, I'll move to a novel into Spanish.

Andy Weir: Der Marsianer (EBook, Deutsch language, 2014, Penguin Random House) 4 stars

Der Astronaut Mark Watney war auf dem besten Weg, eine lebende Legende zu werden, schließlich …

Review of 'The Martian' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Terminado minutos antes de aterrizar en Valencia tras, curiosamente, pasar una semana cerca de gente que está trabajando en llevarnos a marte. La novela es ligera, dinámica y entretenida. El lenguaje coloquial del diario del protagonista y cómo se las ingenia para sobrevivir cuando todo está en contra le lleva a un acelerado final (narrativa, y físicamente).