List of book reviews

• The Light Fantastic | Terry Pratchett

  Thumbs downDoesn't shine

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• Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell | Susanna Clarke

  Thumbs upThis is where English Magic has gone

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• Starship Troopers | Robert A. Heinlein

  Thumbs downYou gotta be a Trooper to finish this piece of reprehensible trash

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• The Colour of Magic | Terry Pratchett

  Thumbs downDoesn't pop

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• Ambivalenz (orig. Les prénoms épicènes) | Amélie Nothomb

  Thumbs upEindeutig gut

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• Nietzsche: A Very Short Introduction | Michael Tanner

  Thumbs upDoes what it sets out to do

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• The Wave | Todd Strasser

  Thumbs downOnly a ripple in the kiddie pool

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• Thirst (orig. Soif) | Amélie Nothomb

  Thumbs downNot quite quenching it

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• The Eyes Are The Best Part | Monika Kim

  Thumbs upDelicious, but could've used a couple more minutes in the oven

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• Notes on Complexity | Neil Thiese

  Thumbs downUmm, I've got some notes of my own, buddy

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• The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England | Brandon Sanderson

  Thumbs downYou might wanna invest elsewhere...

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• Gods of Want | K-Ming Chang

  Thumbs upSo divine, you should want to be reading this book

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• Die Scareman-Saga 12: Allianz der Hoffnung | Dirk van den Boom

  Thumbs downHoffentlich ist das Nächste, was ich lese, besser

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• Die Scareman-Saga 11: Das Blaue vom Himmel | Dirk van den Boom

  Thumbs downLöst zwar viele Versprechen der vorherigen Bücher ein, aber das heißt ja nix Gutes

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• Die Scareman-Saga 10: Die Bio-Bombe | Dirk van den Boom

  Thumbs downWeder ein gesunder Smoothie, noch ein gutes Buch

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• Die Scareman-Saga 9: Karawane der Verlorenen | Sylke Brandt

  Thumbs downWäre nur dieses Buch auf dem Weg zum Druck verloren gegangen!

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• Die Scareman-Saga 8: Reise ins Blaue | Dirk van den Boom

  Thumbs downEher ein Kindergarten-Wandertag

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• Die Scareman-Saga 7: Krötenrebellion | Dirk van den Boom

  Thumbs downIch rebelliere auch gleich

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• Die Scareman-Saga 6: Blutige Erkenntnis | Dirk van den Boom

  Thumbs downMeine blutige Erkenntnis ist, dass jegliche Hoffnung für diese Bücher vergebens war

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• Zombies in Western Culture | John Vervaeke, Filip Miscevic, Christopher Mastropietro

  Thumbs upNice brain snack—as in a snack for the brain

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• Die Scareman-Saga 5: Das Ende Der Gewissheit | Dirk van den Boom

  Thumbs upDas Ende des langweiligen Plots?

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• Die Scareman-Saga 4: Fabrik der Zahlen | Sylke Brandt

  Thumbs downGutes vom Fließband

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• Die Scareman-Saga 3: Herr des Meeres, Herr des Blutes | Dirk van den Boom

  Thumbs downHerr, erlöse mich

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• Die Scareman-Saga 2: Der Eine | Dirk van den Boom

  Thumbs downIch will lieber einen andern

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• Ein Scareman erwacht | Dirk van den Boom

  Thumbs down... und ich schlafe ein

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• Torture The Artist | Joey Goebel

  Thumbs downAm I an artist now? Because reading the ending of this book was torture.

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• Bluebeard's Castle | Anna Biller

  Thumbs downShould've been a film

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• Antichista (orig. Antéchrista) | Amélie Nothomb

  Thumbs upDevilishly great!

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• No One Is Talking About This | Patricia Lookwood

  Thumbs upEvery One Should Be Reading This

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• The Enemy's Cosmetique (orig. Cosmétique de l'ennemi) | Amelie Nothomb

  Thumbs upGripping story at an incredible pace

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• The Stepford Wives | Ira Levin

  Thumbs upThis belongs on your bookshelf like the Stepford wives belong in the kitchen

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• The Vegetarian (orig. 채식주의자) | Han Kang

  Thumbs upSkip the meat and go straight to this

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• Tokyo Fiancée (orig. Ni d’Ève, ni d’Adam) | Amélie Nothomb

  Thumbs upNot born of Paradise, but still worthwhile.

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• Veronika Decides to Die (orig. Veronika Decide Morrer) | Paulo Coelho

  Thumbs downThis book makes me decide to die

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• Victory City | Salman Rushdie

  Thumbs upA victorious book

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• Wintersmith | Terry Pratchett

  Thumbs upWill entertain you through the cold winter season

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• Extremely Online | Taylor Lorenz

  Thumbs downExtremely Boring

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• Kassandra | Christa Wolf

  Thumbs upNicht ganz zukunftsweisend

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• The Listening Society | Hanzi Freinacht

  Thumbs upThe key to understanding society

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• Treacle Walker | Alan Garner

  Thumbs downNot worth rag nor bone

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• Romeo and Juliet | William Shakespeare

  Thumbs upPoetry to die for

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• Pick me Girls | Sophie Passmann

  Thumbs downLieber die Finger von lassen

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• Alte Sorten | Ewald Arenz

  Thumbs upGute Ernte mit interessantem Geschmack

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• Diary of An Oxygen Thief | Anonymous

  Thumbs downOutrageous tale quickly turns stale

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• Men Without Women | Haruki Murakami

  Thumbs downCongratulations to the Women who don't have to deal with these Men anymore

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• The Princess Bride | S. Morgenstern (Abridgement by William Goldman)

  Thumbs downNot just the "good parts"

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• A Hat Full of Sky | Terry Pratchett

  Thumbs downCan't stand on its own

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• A Philosophy of Loneliness | Lars Svendsen

  Thumbs downI'd rather be lonely than with this book

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• A Room of One's Own | Virginia Woolf

  Thumbs upA hundred years old and still very much relevant

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• Alice's Adventures In Wonderland | Lewis Carroll

  Thumbs downDon't follow that rabbit

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• Arcadia | Arch Hades

  Thumbs upBeautifully capturing the present

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• Der Process | Franz Kafka

  Thumbs upClever und unterhaltsam

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• Der Sprung | Simone Lappert

  Thumbs upZu welcher Idylle hast du keinen Zugang? Und willst du das ändern?

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• Der Triumph der Waldrebe in Europa | Clemens J. Setz

  Thumbs upNettes Stück über Erinnerung und Loslassen

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• Desire | Haruki Murakami

  Thumbs upA couple excellent short stories

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• Dies ist mein Letztes Lied | Lena Richter

  Thumbs downLieber mal auf Mute drücken

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• Digitale Bildkulturen | Annekathrin Kohout, Wolfgang Ullrich, Tilman Baumgärtel, Dirk von Gehlen, Diana Weis, Jörg Scheller, Roland Meyer

  Thumbs upInteressante Texte zu Mode, Fitness und Überwachung

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• How to Respond to Code of Conduct Reports | Valerie Aurora, Mary Gardiner

  Thumbs upGood starting point and reference

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• Magdalenas Sünde | Romana Ganzoni

  Thumbs upVerbotene Frucht

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• Metamorphoses | Ovid, translation by Charles Martin

  Thumbs upMonumental Work, Good Translation

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• Paper Romance | Arch Hades

  Thumbs downA few good ones

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• The Cockroach | Ian McEwan

  Thumbs downCoping with Brexit through humour

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• The Dispossessed | Ursula K. Le Guin

  Thumbs upWhere does Anarchism succeed and where does it fall short?

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