Masterpiece. Together, this trilogy is some of the best literature ever written in Danish. Period.
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perfischer reviewed De Dødes rige by Henrik Pontoppidan
Review of 'De Dødes rige' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
perfischer rated Midnight Cowboy: 3 stars
Midnight Cowboy by James Leo Herlihy
Midnight Cowboy is considered by many to be one of the best American novels published since World War II. The …
perfischer reviewed All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren
Review of "All the King's Men" on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Entirely wonderful. There are sentences in this book that are just bloody fantastic. Highly recommended.
perfischer reviewed The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin (The Broken Earth, #1)
A SEASON OF ENDINGS HAS BEGUN.
IT STARTS WITH THE GREAT RED RIFT across …
Review of 'The Fifth Season' on 'Goodreads'
1 star
Didn't click with me at all. I was pretty bored most of the time, but thankfully it's a short book.
Didn't click with me at all. I was pretty bored most of the time, but thankfully it's a short book.
perfischer reviewed The mirror & the light by Hilary Mantel
The 3rd and final book in Hilary Mantel's trilogy of Thomas Cromwell. The other two …
Review of 'The mirror & the light' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Quite a tour de force - harrowing, drawn out (in a good way), detailed, unflinching. Wow.
perfischer rated The Third Reich: 3 stars
The Third Reich by Roberto Bolaño
"On vacation with his girlfriend, Ingeborg, the German war-game champion Udo Berger returns to a small town on the Costa …
perfischer rated The three-body problem: 3 stars
The three-body problem
"1967: Ye Wenjie witnesses Red Guards beat her father to death during China's Cultural Revolution. This singular event will shape …
perfischer reviewed Dune by Frank Herbert
Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, …
Review of 'Dune' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Great read - a pleasant surprise, in fact.
perfischer rated Frøken Smillas fornemmelse for sne: 5 stars
perfischer rated The Silence of the Girls: 4 stars
The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker
There was a woman at the heart of the Trojan War whose voice has been silent - until now. Discover …
perfischer rated The Sword of Honour Trilogy: 4 stars
The Sword of Honour Trilogy by Evelyn Waugh
This trilogy of novels about World War II, largely based on his own experiences as an army officer, is the …
perfischer rated Munich : Edge of War: 3 stars
perfischer reviewed Effekten af Susan by Peter Høeg
Review of 'Effekten af Susan' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Great ride! The pace is 100 mph crash bang whallop thriller - think Lisbeth Salander with dashes of Bourne and James Bond (a bit of Smilla as well) - but in a good way! Perfect summer novel without being empty entertainment. Hugely enjoyable and hard to put down.
perfischer rated Excession: 3 stars
Excession by Iain M. Banks
Two and a half millennia ago, the artifact appeared in a remote corner of space, beside a trillion-year-old dying sun …