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For a topic I would have expected to be incredibly dry, this was anything but.

I consider myself pretty uneducated in both geography and modern history, and this book was a super interesting mix of both.

A good trip around Europe telling real history, as well as analysing the effect of borderlines. Aside from some of the obvious ones (Germany, for example), I found Baarle a bright spot in the book. I had no idea how insane their border is and hadn't really thought how things like Covid restrictions and parking would work.

I hope the author writes more books in this vein.

Extremely short read - I enjoyed it but I think I will watch the film and see if it lands better.

A bittersweet mix of day to day life and a story centering around a womens workhouse. I think I would have liked a bit more depth.

It's interesting to consider self-interest, complicity, and silence, when confronted with things we would say we disagree with.

I was recommended this one and I was extremely skeptical because I generally dislike stories that revolve around time manipulation.

This was great though - following a soldier through a war which due to time dilation meant civilisation was progressing a magnitude faster than they were experiencing. A good mix of action and story.

I know this was a commentary on Vietnam, and I feel extremely ill informed on it so I won't review that aspect. It does feel like the central tenents still apply to most wars.

It felt like sexuality played a larger part in the story that I would have expected, but as a stand in for societal change and disconnection it's an interesting reflection tool.

I never found anybody else and I don't want anybody else...

A lesson not to judge a book by its film adaptation.

This was a quick read - a story of the last person in a world of "vampires". A compelling picture of psychology and discussion of what it even means to be human. Some stream of consciousness writing really connects you to the main character.

I loved the ending.