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i have to admit, i expected something like a travel journal and got some kind of a novel. a difficult spot: the meetings and observations in germany in 1958 were interesting, but maybe 'invented'. and the author's reflections about the nature of 'the german', riddled with a reference-game, were rather artificial and old fashioned.
An eccentric detective and her long-suffering assistant untangle a web of magic, deceit, and murder in this sparkling fantasy reimagining …
Antony Ferrara is a modern-day sorcerer - a murderer who kills with his supernatural powers. …
it's a gothic horror novel that feels like the movies from the thirties to me. you know what will happen and most of the time you are not convinced of the effects, but the mood and setting is excellent. maybe a bit too much of a chain of episodes...
this book sets the record straight by telling the histories of africa in their own right, not as a footnote or mere challenge to people from outside.
Badawi is visiting and citing contemporary african historians and in this way exploring the (fragile?) self image of the continent.
fascinating read!
yes, it is cozy and yes, there are cats -- but the crime story is grim and gains such a grip that it feels odd to be gloved with the setting
Polly, Annie, Elizabeth, Catherine and Mary-Jane are famous for the same thing, though they never met. They came from Fleet …
Assassin's Apprentice is a fantasy novel by American writer Robin Hobb, the first book in …
it was a painfully slow start of the story and some of the plot lines didn't pay off. but in the end a surprisingly interesting world and captivating book.
enthält: Die Doppelgänger, Der gespenstische Wald, Der Wetterbeschwörer
the language sounded more dated than in books from other authors of this period. but in some of the scenes the ideas and words just worked together and created a romantic horror.
a re-read, maybe the fifth or sixth time but first time in english. found this novel in a small library in a small german town during the nineties and love it since
that's what pulp is for (i guess): quite a good story wrapped in generic presentation. the mood is wildly swinging and the characters unstable or i would have enjoyed it a bit more. the last part even borrows the 'schnodderdeutsch' of 'die zwei' (the persuaders).
