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velvet_shrimp

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Caroline Criado-Perez: Invisible Women : Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men (2020) 5 stars

Imagine a world where...

· Your phone is too big for your hand · Your …

Everyone should read this

5 stars

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.

David Grann: The Wager (EBook, 2022, Doubleday) 4 stars

On January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on …

Pretty good

3 stars

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.

Carlos Ruiz Zafón: Der Fürst des Nebels (1996, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag) 4 stars

In 1943, in a seaside town where their family has gone to be safe from …

Ganz okay

2 stars

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.