velvet_shrimp rated Children of Blood and Bone: 4 stars
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)
They killed my mother. They took our magic. They tried to bury us.
Now we rise.
Zélie Adebola remembers when …
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They killed my mother. They took our magic. They tried to bury us.
Now we rise.
Zélie Adebola remembers when …
The Discovery of Slowness (original German title: Die Entdeckung der Langsamkeit) is a novel by Sten Nadolny, written under a …
Especially men, though I doubt many will. I didn't know most medical trials only include men "for simplicity" which results in medication not working as well or at all for women. Many other points are mentioned where women are disregarded in planning for transport, architecture, taxation systems etc. resulting in disadvantages that affect women's lives disproportionately. This is wild considering that this is half the population.
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Edwin St. Andrew is eighteen years old when he crosses the Atlantic by steamship, exiled from polite society following an …
When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his first name. His memory is …
I usually like stories of shipwrecks and such but this one went off on tangents too much for me. Especially towards the end, a few other stories are discussed that I felt were unnecessary. Without a lot of history knowledge most of the other stories were new to me as well and kind of distracting. Apart from that I enjoyed it.
On January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside …
Der Schreibstil hat mir nicht so gefallen und die Ausdrucksweise der Figuren kamen mir dafür, dass es Kinder/Jugendliche sind auch etwas unpassend vor. Könnte aber auch an der Übersetzung liegen. Das Verhalten hat für mich manchmal auch nicht so viel Sinn gemacht.