What is the last book you read, and your rating?
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Re: What is the last book you read, and your rating?
Flaubert's Parrot by Julian Barnes - wonderfully inventive and beautifully written, challenging established norms about the form of a novel. 4 stars out of 5.
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil gaiman - a good fun romp about the impending end of the world. 3.5 stars out of 5.
The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
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4 out 5 stars. Intriguing premise and good at the small details--author gets a bit distracted by wanting to talk about how fame affects people and countries become too divided, and the way it's written like a young 20-ish year old woman is spot-on, but a bit grating at times.
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It was just so wildly imaginative and surreal, with a lot of metaphorical and philosophical content. I didn't want the adventure to end!
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I have read "Man's search for meaning" by Victor E. Frankl.
It is a book about the life of people in concentration camps in Germany.
A sad memoir.
Rating: 4/5
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617 (Going To War With Today's Dambusters) is a detailed look at the operation of the Tornado 'fast jet' 617 Squadron RAF, which has the proud heritage and honour of being the original Dambuster Squadron of WWII fame.
Definitely one for those fascinated by the world of fast military attack jets and the people who fly and maintain them. 3.5 stars out of 5
Winner of the 2008 IMPAC Dublin literary award, De Niro's Game by Rawi Hage is a visceral, fascinating insight into the complex world of factional, ethnic and religious conflict in the Middle east in modern times.
Set mostly in Lebanon, with the final portion set in France, the story follows the chaotic and nihilistic lives of Bassam and his close friend George (nicknamed De Niro) as they do what they consider necessary to survive and thrive in war-torn Beirut.
Hage's writing is colorful and urgent, maintaining a grip on the reader, and provides that rare insight into an unknown and chaotic world where a different set of values apply that are unfamiliar to Westerners. 4 stars out of 5.
The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
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Some questions answered and in ways I never would've expected...and...
Yeah, this is getting real!
What is grief, if not love persevering?
Grief is just love with no place to go.
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It touched on some issues that I never imagined, and brought it to light.
I give it a full 4 without even thinking about it.
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