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Book review: American War
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Book review: American War

Posted on April 22, 2017 by blogendorff • Leave a comment

American War is Omar El Akkad’s first (first!) novel and about 50% through reading it, I wasn’t sure if my heart would be able to take anymore. But the characters and the story were just too compelling that I got pulled back every time I tried to put it down. I finally blitzed the last 40% or so … Continue reading →

Book review: A Closed and Common Orbit
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Book review: A Closed and Common Orbit

Posted on December 13, 2016 by blogendorff • Leave a comment

Blubbers So this is the sequel to Becky Chambers’ The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet and it was so good. I think it was better than the first book – though the first book is necessary for this one being so good. Essentially, in the first book you get the world building, you know … Continue reading →

Book review: The Memory of Water
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Book review: The Memory of Water

Posted on June 30, 2016 by blogendorff • Leave a comment

AWWW MANNN. Post-apocalyptic stories rarely end well, and I guess this is the same. Without giving too much away, it has a SAD ENDING. Emmi Itäranta’s novel centres around Noria Kaitio, a tea master in New Qian, the Scandinavian Union. Basically, it is about 1000 years post-oil-environmental crash and it looks like the world has … Continue reading →

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Book review: The Road

Posted on November 24, 2014 by blogendorff • Leave a comment

OMG. How depressing was this!? How did they say ‘yeah, that’ll make a great film where EVERYONE WILL CRY FOREVER.’ So plot. End of the world, everything is dead and dying, people have turned to cannibals as they scavenge the dying world for things to eat. A man and his son are walking the road, … Continue reading →

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