Tag: book review
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A book review: Light Boxes
Light Boxes by Shane Jones My rating: 5 of 5 stars Some books are rather unusual and Light Boxes is one of them. The book is a fantasy in which anything is possible. February has come, but February has no intention of leaving and the towns people of a unnamed town are subjected to an […]
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Bookreview: Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson My rating: 4 of 5 stars Treasure Island is no doubt a prime example of the boy adventure book. Written by Robert Louis Stevenson at the end of the 19th century, it is the story of Jim Hawkins, the boy who finds the treasure map that sets the tale […]
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Book review: Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
Rules of Civility by Amor Towles My rating: 3 of 5 stars Think thirties – with the linger touch of the roaring twenties -, think mystery, think romance, think New York in grey with the Empire State building looming in the background, think high life, think jazz, think autumn in New York, think smoky bar […]
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Book review: Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller My rating: 2 of 5 stars Some weeks ago I found that I sleep better when I read something, but I did not have any books of my own anymore. I used to have a collection of mostly science-fiction and fantasy books, a size able part of which was handed down […]
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Book review: Julian
Julian by Gore Vidal My rating: 5 of 5 stars Although it is not impossible for an imperfect person to write a perfect work, few people, perfect or imperfect, will do so and therefore it is not hard to be a critic of someone’s work. Not hard at all. Thus I found myself writing one […]
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