A lifelong reader of many genres and languages. Profile pic says "sii filtro, non spugna!" and is a cartoon by JUANSZELA.
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You'd think you would be allowed to relax over Christmas, but not in the world …
Finished reading this on holiday. Stephen with dementia was written so well and the final two sentences really moved me. It's an easy to read series and I like hanging out with these people.
A.J. Fikry's life is not what he expected it to be. His wife has died, …
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow was excellent so I definitely want to read this one.
World-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a …
This is my first Bookwyrm post to explore the fediverse. I'm reading this in Italian but Bookwyrm doesn't like that so I'm doing it under the English version.
Kosuke Kindaichi arrives on the remote Gokumon Island bearing tragic news – the son of …
I'm enjoying this series so much that I've been forced to start learning Japanese in order to read all 77 of them. I'm sure it will be worth it.
Michael Palin's epic voyages have seen him circumnavigate the globe, travel from the North to the South Pole and circle …
The final novel from Aldous Huxley, Island is a provocative counterpoint to his worldwide classic Brave New World, in which …
'There is no one on earth quite so wonderful' STEPHEN FRY
'As outrageously entertaining as you'd expect' Daily Express
BAFTA-winning …
The fate of the Chiss Ascendancy hangs in the balance in the epic finale of the Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy …
Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the …
If you go in expecting a work of depressed magic realism then you might be ok. Where the cover quotes come from for it being laugh out loud funny, I have no idea. The fictional life story of a depressed woman, who is raped early on, discusses her brother's suicide, whose husband dies suddenly, whose female "friends" are also abused and depressed... Don't get me started on the 4 year old daughter with the capabilities of a mature adult. I suspect some of the book is based on the author's real-life experiences but still, I finished it purely for the dog. All of the female characters are defined by the men they are attached to, whereas male characters get to be their own person. It's pseudo-feminist stereotyping of sexist men, smart women, and autistic people. Other people have explained the issues better but I was cringing and regretting every page. …
If you go in expecting a work of depressed magic realism then you might be ok. Where the cover quotes come from for it being laugh out loud funny, I have no idea. The fictional life story of a depressed woman, who is raped early on, discusses her brother's suicide, whose husband dies suddenly, whose female "friends" are also abused and depressed... Don't get me started on the 4 year old daughter with the capabilities of a mature adult. I suspect some of the book is based on the author's real-life experiences but still, I finished it purely for the dog. All of the female characters are defined by the men they are attached to, whereas male characters get to be their own person. It's pseudo-feminist stereotyping of sexist men, smart women, and autistic people. Other people have explained the issues better but I was cringing and regretting every page. This is not the way to smash the patriarchy.
