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3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
funny
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Very hopeful and sweet. Made me want to change careers and also talk to my grandmothers.
Interesting to see a more happy side of East Berlin and the prefabs that became popular.
After reading this I learned that Marzahn is also the area where gypsies were exiled to before being sent to concentration camps by the Nazi's. It does make me wonder if the author wanted to write new stories for the Marzahn collective memory.
Interesting to see a more happy side of East Berlin and the prefabs that became popular.
After reading this I learned that Marzahn is also the area where gypsies were exiled to before being sent to concentration camps by the Nazi's. It does make me wonder if the author wanted to write new stories for the Marzahn collective memory.
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This was a random library selection by my wife. I had never heard of it but ended up really enjoying. A writer mid-life retrains as a chiropodist and works in an estate in the old East Berlin. Her customers are older and generally working class - people whose lives don't normally appear in literature except as criminals or victims. But here each life story gets a chapter and you see the rich lives of these ordinary people.
I found this to be a beautiful book - lighthearted but filled to bursting with real life. The very ordinary lives in this unremarkable place was shown to be as full and worthy of of attention as anything else. There was real love in the writing. It was refreshing to see the world through the lens of someone who chooses to see the good in people and take pleasure in the little things.
One of the cover blurbs was from Paul Hession and i couldn't think of a more apt person to promote the book. Anyone familiar with his book Leonard and Hungry Paul will see the shared humanity. Sometimes we can all be too jaded and cynical. These books remind me to be a little kinder and more interested in others.
I'm happy I read this
I found this to be a beautiful book - lighthearted but filled to bursting with real life. The very ordinary lives in this unremarkable place was shown to be as full and worthy of of attention as anything else. There was real love in the writing. It was refreshing to see the world through the lens of someone who chooses to see the good in people and take pleasure in the little things.
One of the cover blurbs was from Paul Hession and i couldn't think of a more apt person to promote the book. Anyone familiar with his book Leonard and Hungry Paul will see the shared humanity. Sometimes we can all be too jaded and cynical. These books remind me to be a little kinder and more interested in others.
I'm happy I read this
funny
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
Schöne, kurzweilige Geschichten von einer wohlig-netten Fußpflegerin, die einen an das Gute im Menschen glauben lässt.
En oppramsing av en fotpleiers halvdemente kunder og deres former for kreft.