Turkey: Not a big fan of the story itself but I did like the evocative description of nature surrounding the villages where the story is laid out. 3 tTurkey: Not a big fan of the story itself but I did like the evocative description of nature surrounding the villages where the story is laid out. 3 thistles out of 5....more
South Sudan: powerful, rough, and gripping story of a youngster fleeing the atrocities in South Sudan, walking to the refugee camps in Ethiopa and KenSouth Sudan: powerful, rough, and gripping story of a youngster fleeing the atrocities in South Sudan, walking to the refugee camps in Ethiopa and Kenya, his life there for 15ish years before being resettled in the USA where different kind of troubles follow. I read this books barely stopping. If you think refugees have it nice, read this and think again....more
Russia: Not a book I would read a second time, but I like it nonetheless. A consistent collection of short stories exclusively set in rural Siberia. GRussia: Not a book I would read a second time, but I like it nonetheless. A consistent collection of short stories exclusively set in rural Siberia. Good setting. I'm not sure I'm found of the substance....more
Philippines: quite nice narrative set in the Philippines covering Spanish colonisation, liberation, and American invasion. Main characters are regularPhilippines: quite nice narrative set in the Philippines covering Spanish colonisation, liberation, and American invasion. Main characters are regular people, which help empathising....more
Poland. An interesting polar (absolutely not my favourite style :D). I like the writing style and the vegetarianism/animal cruelty theme. The charactePoland. An interesting polar (absolutely not my favourite style :D). I like the writing style and the vegetarianism/animal cruelty theme. The characters are interesting too. The fact that the main character is an astrology expert and talks about astrology all the time did turn me away from the book a couple of times though....more
Austria The Wall is an excellent book with a gripping story, about perhaps being the last person alive, and stuck in the Alps, about how you survive, hAustria The Wall is an excellent book with a gripping story, about perhaps being the last person alive, and stuck in the Alps, about how you survive, how you develop relationships with animals around you, and the nature around you, and the human nature in general....more
As I started reading this book, I thought that it (the book) was really unsettling, but also puzzling, and interesting. I first gave it 4 jujus out ofAs I started reading this book, I thought that it (the book) was really unsettling, but also puzzling, and interesting. I first gave it 4 jujus out of 5, but I ended up re-reading it a few times, and now I would give it 5 jujus out of 5. A very interesting storytelling....more
Czechoslovakia I need to admit I have been bamboozled by this book. I found it at the city library and picked it because I like the word "newt". I wasCzechoslovakia I need to admit I have been bamboozled by this book. I found it at the city library and picked it because I like the word "newt". I was not expecting an avant-garde dystopia book, critizicing colonisation, capitalism, and some more with such analogy. The style of narration varies greatly along the book, with snippets I liked more than others, but overall it was super good. One of these books I had trouble to pause reading. I definitely recommend :)...more
Hungaria The story of The Last Wolf is not so interesting, it is all about an old former professor, and this old former professor is not at the top ofHungaria The story of The Last Wolf is not so interesting, it is all about an old former professor, and this old former professor is not at the top of this game right now, so not at the top of this game that he spends his days drinking in a shitty bar in Hauptstrasse in Berlin, when he is unexpectedly asked to travel to Extremadura in Spain and write about the place, but he has no clue about the place, so he decide to write about the last wolf that perished there, because somehow he read about the last wolf that perished there, and if you want to know how this ends, you should read the story, and the story is actually written in only one sentence, and that is the most interesting fact about it....more
Czechoslovakia I picked up this book without checking what it was about. It's a gothic story about vampires pursuing young girls and rape attempts, aboCzechoslovakia I picked up this book without checking what it was about. It's a gothic story about vampires pursuing young girls and rape attempts, about coming of age and what not. It's a bit shite. ...more
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