I recommend that everyone read this book. It is a reminder of the atrocities humans are capable of, and the hardship, compromise (loss) and strength required to survive. But what is "surviving"?
I cannot recall any other book I've read recently which was so rewarding and draining at the same time.
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Solsetur rated White Teeth: 2 stars
White Teeth by Zadie Smith
White Teeth is a 2000 novel by the British author Zadie Smith. It focuses on the later lives of two …
Solsetur rated Belle: the slave daughter and the Lord Chief Justice: 5 stars
Paula Byrne: Belle (2014)
Belle: the slave daughter and the Lord Chief Justice by Paula Byrne
The illegitimate daughter of a captain in the Royal Navy and an enslaved African woman, Dido Belle was sent to …
Solsetur rated Neil Gaiman's How the Marquis Got His Coat Back: 4 stars
Neil Gaiman, Full Cast, Adrian Lester, Bernard Cribbins, Don Warrington, Mitch Benn, Paterson Joseph, Samanta Beart: Neil Gaiman's How the Marquis Got His Coat Back (AudiobookFormat, BBC Audio, coosolvo)
Neil Gaiman's How the Marquis Got His Coat Back by Neil Gaiman, Full Cast, Adrian Lester, and 5 others
Solsetur rated All the Light We Cannot See: 4 stars
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
From the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, a stunningly ambitious and beautiful novel about a blind French girl and …
Solsetur reviewed The nightingale Large Print by Kristin Hannah
Despite their differences, sisters Vianne and Isabelle have always been close. Younger, bolder Isabelle lives …
5 stars
I recommend that everyone read this book. It is a reminder of the atrocities humans are capable of, and the hardship, compromise (loss) and strength required to survive. But what is "surviving"?
I cannot recall any other book I've read recently which was so rewarding and draining at the same time.
Solsetur rated The Sundial: 5 stars
The Sundial by Shirley Jackson
When the Halloran clan gathers at the family home for a funeral, no one is surprised when the somewhat peculiar …
Solsetur rated Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances: 4 stars
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman
This third collection of short fiction by Gaiman includes previously published pieces of short fiction -- stories, verse, and a …
Solsetur rated Lady Susan: 5 stars
Lady Susan by Jane Austen
Beautiful, flirtatious, and recently widowed, Lady Susan Vernon seeks an advantageous second marriage for herself, while attempting to push her …
"The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories [presents]Howard Phillips Lovecraft's unique contribution to …
5 stars
My god I finally finished this book. Loved it, At the Mountains of Madness is too long (and draggy); absolutely loved The Thing on the Doorstep, The Case of Charles Dexter Ward and The Tomb.
High-rise by J. G. Ballard
Now a major film: J.G. Ballard's compelling and unnerving tale of what happens when life in a luxury apartment building …
Solsetur rated Empire of the Sun: 3 stars
Empire of the Sun by J. G. Ballard
A fictionalized account of the author's experiences as a boy in Shanghai, China, during the Second World War, and in …
3 stars
I would give it 2 stars, but lots of pictures. So 3.
Solsetur reviewed Funny girl by Nick Hornby
"From the bestselling author of High Fidelity, About a Boy, and A Long Way Down …
4 stars
Begins really really good, and got a bit draggy end of 3rd series. But I like how the book ended.
Solsetur rated Unofficial guide to Universal Orlando: 4 stars
Unofficial guide to Universal Orlando by Seth Kubersky
"Compiled and written by a former Universal Orlando employee, and based upon decades of research from a team whose work …