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Well, only in adding this did I learn the author also did Yakuza's Bias!! Gonna have to check that one out! This was a reread for me but it was good the second time too. Surprised how fast ~250 pages went by.
Well, only in adding this did I learn the author also did Yakuza's Bias!! Gonna have to check that one out! This was a reread for me but it was good the second time too. Surprised how fast ~250 pages went by.
Getting more intense! Also, the way the front cover is embossed/glossed adds to the horror!!
The Rose Field is a forthcoming fantasy novel by Philip Pullman. It is the third …
The first trilogy was foundational for me in a way I expect only a handful of books to be over my lifetime, so I'm not surprised this second set of three didn't quite live up to those expectations. Still, it was an intriguing story, and seemed to leave the stage open for more. More than anything, waiting for this third book supercharged my interest in Central Asia, so I've learned, if not a lot, then way more than I would have otherwise, and for that I am grateful. That reminds me of one thing I think this book did do well, which was appreciate its minor characters and the role they hold in the world, regardless of how central they were to the main story.
The first trilogy was foundational for me in a way I expect only a handful of books to be over my lifetime, so I'm not surprised this second set of three didn't quite live up to those expectations. Still, it was an intriguing story, and seemed to leave the stage open for more. More than anything, waiting for this third book supercharged my interest in Central Asia, so I've learned, if not a lot, then way more than I would have otherwise, and for that I am grateful. That reminds me of one thing I think this book did do well, which was appreciate its minor characters and the role they hold in the world, regardless of how central they were to the main story.
The Rose Field is a forthcoming fantasy novel by Philip Pullman. It is the third volume in The Book of …
The Rose Field is a forthcoming fantasy novel by Philip Pullman. It is the third …
A tad disappointed, but there's no way it would have lived up to my expectations after the original trilogy regardless. Still appreciate getting more to the story!
A tad disappointed, but there's no way it would have lived up to my expectations after the original trilogy regardless. Still appreciate getting more to the story!
From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History …
So far, it's just as good as everything I'd heard about it!
So far, it's just as good as everything I'd heard about it!
A good reminder to look around and get outside!
Hits me right in the feels... kinda nice to switch up who's the dense one in the relationship. It was kinda funny how it reused a set-up for drama because it was realistic it would happen more than once given the characters, haha
Hits me right in the feels... kinda nice to switch up who's the dense one in the relationship. It was kinda funny how it reused a set-up for drama because it was realistic it would happen more than once given the characters, haha
Not what I was expecting, but interesting in a completely different way!!
I'm a little biased but this was cute :D Glad to see a volume 2 and I hope to see a volume 3 sooner or later!
I'm a little biased but this was cute :D Glad to see a volume 2 and I hope to see a volume 3 sooner or later!
Also have to update the date I read/listened to this one. A little less straightforward and more confusing than the original but 100% a worthwhile follow-up. Would definitely recommend if you read the first one.
この優しい物語をすべての働く人たちに ブラック企業にこき使われて心身共に衰弱した隆は、無意識に線路に飛び込もうとしたところを「ヤマモト」と名乗る男に助けられた。 同級生を自称する彼に心を開き、何かと助けてもらう隆だが、本物の同級生は海外滞在中ということがわかる。 なぜ赤の他人をここまで気にかけてくれるのか？ 気になった隆は、彼の名前で個人情報をネット検索するが、出てきたのは、三年前に激務で鬱になり自殺した男のニュースだった――。第21回電撃小説大賞＜メディアワークス文庫賞＞受賞作。 スカっとできて最後は泣ける“すべての働く人たちに贈る、人生応援ストーリー”
I burned through this audiobook (a lot of it while at work, ironically). One of my favorite prose books I've read/listened to in Japanese. I'll be thinking about this one for a long time. (I gotta update the dates I read it...)
I burned through this audiobook (a lot of it while at work, ironically). One of my favorite prose books I've read/listened to in Japanese. I'll be thinking about this one for a long time. (I gotta update the dates I read it...)
Darius Kellner speaks better Klingon than Farsi, and he knows more about Hobbit social cues …
Wow, I'd recommend this book to anyone. Loved it. Nice handling of depression, being a teenager, cultural differences, and I feel like I learned a lot about Iran too. I listened as an audiobook. I love Darius' word choice for some things :D
Wow, I'd recommend this book to anyone. Loved it. Nice handling of depression, being a teenager, cultural differences, and I feel like I learned a lot about Iran too. I listened as an audiobook. I love Darius' word choice for some things :D
Darius Kellner speaks better Klingon than Farsi, and he knows more about Hobbit social cues than Persian ones. He s …
Fifth grader Tamaya Dhilwaddi and seventh grader Marshall Walsh have been walking to and from …
Interesting. Definitely a little more realistic and less surreal than Holes but a good narrative nonetheless. (But maybe it's the times, not the story that have changed ><)
Interesting. Definitely a little more realistic and less surreal than Holes but a good narrative nonetheless. (But maybe it's the times, not the story that have changed ><)