Stunning portrait of the wounds carried by the losers of the Spanish Civil War, and how it can metastasize into bitterness, hopelessness. Beautifully written and very moving.
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anaulin@bookwyrm.social (e)k The Compound puntuatu du: 4 izar
The Compound, Aisling Rawle
Lily—a bored, beautiful twenty-something—wakes up on a remote desert compound, alongside nineteen other contestants competing on a massively popular reality …
anaulin@bookwyrm.social (e)k Rafael Chirbes Magraner(r)en La buena letra liburuaren kritika egin du
Ana le cuenta a su hijo fragmentos de una vida de pequeñas miserias con las …
Grief congealing into hoplessness
5 izar
anaulin@bookwyrm.social (e)k No One Is Talking About This puntuatu du: 3 izar
No One Is Talking About This, Patricia Lockwood
As this urgent, genre-defying book opens, a woman who has recently been elevated to prominence for her social media posts …
anaulin@bookwyrm.social (e)k Heartwood puntuatu du: 5 izar
anaulin@bookwyrm.social (e)k Playground puntuatu du: 5 izar
Playground, Richard Powers
'Playground' follows four lives - a marine biologist, an artist, a schoolteacher, and an AI pioneer - that intersect on …
anaulin@bookwyrm.social (e)k Humankind puntuatu du: 4 izar
Humankind, Elizabeth Manton, Rutger Bregman, Erica Moore
Der Historiker Rutger Bregman setzt sich in seinem Buch mit dem Wesen des Menschen auseinander. Anders als in der westlichen …
anaulin@bookwyrm.social (e)k Andy Weir(r)en Project Hail Mary liburuaren kritika egin du
Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission--and if he fails, humanity …
DNF - even more tedious than The Martian
izar 1
It's one of those books where the author is more interested in explaining some science to you than in characters or plot. Which is fine if that's what you're looking for. But not for me at this time.
anaulin@bookwyrm.social (e)k The Last Colony puntuatu du: 5 izar
The Last Colony, John Scalzi (Old Man's War, #3)
Retired from his fighting days, John Perry is now village ombudsman for a human colony on distant Huckleberry. With his …
anaulin@bookwyrm.social (e)k The Last Colony puntuatu du: 4 izar
The Last Colony, John Scalzi (Old Man's War, #3)
Retired from his fighting days, John Perry is now village ombudsman for a human colony on distant Huckleberry. With his …
anaulin@bookwyrm.social (e)k The Ghost Brigades puntuatu du: 4 izar
anaulin@bookwyrm.social (e)k Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1) puntuatu du: 4 izar
Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1), John Scalzi
John Scalzi channels Robert Heinlein (including a wry sense of humor) in a novel about a future Earth engaged in …
anaulin@bookwyrm.social (e)k Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities puntuatu du: 5 izar
anaulin@bookwyrm.social (e)k Killer Potential puntuatu du: 5 izar
anaulin@bookwyrm.social (e)k The Witch Elm puntuatu du: 4 izar
The Witch Elm, Tana French
"Toby is a happy-go-lucky charmer who's dodged a scrape at work and is celebrating with friends when the night takes …