Reviews

Buch-Review: Warme Welten und andere von James Tiptree Jr.

A collection of wild rides, often having quirky visions of alien creatures as the central plot idea. If I hadn't known that James Tiptree actually was a retired lady writing…

Buch Review: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn von Mark Twain

Not sure if it's still true for the 21st century. But as everybody born in the 20th century, I got to know Huckleberry Finn in my childhood. There was the…

Buch-Review: Tagebuch des Schweinekriegs von Adolfo Bioy Casares

The premise is fantastic. A war breaks out. A war that never was declared and nobody talks about openly. A war between the old and the young. I almost wonder…

Buch-Review: Abenteuer eines Fotografen in La Plata

I wanted to read something by Bioy Casares and photography is one of my hobbies. Even though I didn't expect photography to play a major role in this novel, this…

Buch-Review: Was du nicht hast, das brauchst du nicht von Helen Oyeyemi

I read this in a conscious effort to expand my horizon and step outside my literary comfort zone. A book by a young female author, a recent book, a diverse…

Buch-Review: The Bone Clocks von David Mitchell

The Bone Clocks is in a line with Mitchell's previous novels Ghostwritten and Cloud Atlas. Various episodes are loosely linked by main characters of an episode appearing in others as…

Buch-Review: Mittag, 22. Jahrhundert von Arkady & Boris Strugatsky

The science fiction short stories gathered here share a common thread of reappearing characters and a shared universe. It's a uniquely Strugatskian universe. Noticeably influenced by their Russian background, with…

Buch-Review: Die sanfte Gleichgültigkeit der Welt von Peter Stamm

I was so glad when I discovered Peter Stamm around 2013 or 2014 and was prepared to rank him with my favourite authors. I loved his "On a day like…

Buch-Review: Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Harari

It is as if reality wants to refute Harari's book. His initial thesis is that humanity has mastered the three main scourges that plagued it for the most time: famine,…

Buch-Review: The Luminaries von Eleanor Catton

I had written a longer review for this book but misclicked when wanting to save it. Again, a whole review lost. So a shorter version will have to suffice. What…