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4.23 AVERAGE
4.23 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Torture
Minor: Cannibalism
Een dozijn eieren als metafoor voor de zinloosheid van oorlog.
Humor als wapen.
Kolja is het grappigste en Lev het meest - euh - ontwapenende personage dat ik in lange tijd ontmoet heb.
In hun kielzog strompel je van de ene absurde situatie - de zwanenzang van de antitankhond - naar de volgende ontluisterende scène - het jongetje Vadim en de schatjessoep.
Kannibalisme en menselijke wegwijzers - waanzin en weerzin zijn nooit veraf - maar altijd blijft er die wonderlijke lichtheid die ervoor zorgt dat deze helse helletocht door de hongerwinter van 1942 nooit ondraaglijk wordt.
Het partijtje schaak lijkt weggelopen uit een film van Tarantino, het slot is hilarisch en hartverscheurend tegelijk.
Zowat alles is uitzonderlijk aan dit ijzingwekkende relaas.
Behalve de weinig zeggende titel.
Die is er een van dertien in een dozijn.
Humor als wapen.
Kolja is het grappigste en Lev het meest - euh - ontwapenende personage dat ik in lange tijd ontmoet heb.
In hun kielzog strompel je van de ene absurde situatie - de zwanenzang van de antitankhond - naar de volgende ontluisterende scène - het jongetje Vadim en de schatjessoep.
Kannibalisme en menselijke wegwijzers - waanzin en weerzin zijn nooit veraf - maar altijd blijft er die wonderlijke lichtheid die ervoor zorgt dat deze helse helletocht door de hongerwinter van 1942 nooit ondraaglijk wordt.
Het partijtje schaak lijkt weggelopen uit een film van Tarantino, het slot is hilarisch en hartverscheurend tegelijk.
Zowat alles is uitzonderlijk aan dit ijzingwekkende relaas.
Behalve de weinig zeggende titel.
Die is er een van dertien in een dozijn.
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
David Benioff, screenwriter for Game of Thrones, forteller om sin bestefars opplevelser under 2. verdenkrig. Det er tydelig at Benioff er vant til å skrive visuelt, slik han gjør for seriene sine, fordi hver scene og beskrivelse i denne boka er levende ... og i en bok fra Russland midt under krigen, byr det på en del traumatiserende bilder du sent vil glemme. Samtidig er det morsom dialog og en hovedperson man lett identifiserer seg med.
Anbefales på det sterkeste! :D
Anbefales på det sterkeste! :D
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
What a bummer 😭
I was told this book inspired the last of us and I believe it. Lev was a fun main character, but goodness gracious it was goofy how horny he could get. PEOPLE ARE DYING LEV
I was told this book inspired the last of us and I believe it. Lev was a fun main character, but goodness gracious it was goofy how horny he could get. PEOPLE ARE DYING LEV
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Antisemitism, War
Moderate: Sexual assault
A short but wild ride. In Nazi-besieged Leningrad, a teen boy is caught looting but, instead of being summarily shot, is tasked to find 12 eggs for the colonel's daughter's wedding cake. 12 eggs, in a city already long resorted to cannibalism. Partnered with an equally expendable, annoyingly chatty deserter, this quest will lead through suspenseful adventure, humor, and the horror and absurdity of war, with the chance at coming of age, if he lives that long.
Highly recommended, but sensitive readers be aware of the content warnings: wartime violence (no excessively gory details like in a lot of "look how gritty I am" novels, but Bad Things Happen); some swearing (it IS wartime), though not excessive; no on-screen sex, but a little off-screen (overheard living in close quarters), the chatterbox talks about sex a lot, and though there are no gross horny play-by-plays there is known-to-be forced prostitution including underage girls, including verbal shaming of the victims by some side-characters.
Highly recommended, but sensitive readers be aware of the content warnings: wartime violence (no excessively gory details like in a lot of "look how gritty I am" novels, but Bad Things Happen); some swearing (it IS wartime), though not excessive; no on-screen sex, but a little off-screen (overheard living in close quarters), the chatterbox talks about sex a lot, and though there are no gross horny play-by-plays there is known-to-be forced prostitution including underage girls, including verbal shaming of the victims by some side-characters.
All of the group were running from the oncoming soldiers, Lev Beniov knew he could easily getaway but also knew his friend was too slow and she couldn’t make it over the fence. As he jumped back down and helped her up, he was soon captured and taken.
In the cell where Lev awaits his sentence for looting, a deserter named Koyla is soon locked in with him. The punishment is almost always death but the Soviet colonel has a different plan. They are given an opportunity to save themselves if they can procure a dozen eggs in six days. The only problem is a war is waging and food is scarce, nevertheless the boys are up for the challenge and soon embark on an adventure that brings them together in ways they’d never imagined.
Set during the Nazis’ siege of Leningrad. The friendship that grows between Lev and Kolya is nothing short of entertaining and heartwarming. So much pain, devastation and brutality surrounds them and yet, their story still manages to make the reader chuckle. At times the language and vividness was difficult to take in, however by the end I was truly committed and brought to tears. A beautiful, horrifying tale that will not leave the reader’s mind anytime soon. Excellent read!
In the cell where Lev awaits his sentence for looting, a deserter named Koyla is soon locked in with him. The punishment is almost always death but the Soviet colonel has a different plan. They are given an opportunity to save themselves if they can procure a dozen eggs in six days. The only problem is a war is waging and food is scarce, nevertheless the boys are up for the challenge and soon embark on an adventure that brings them together in ways they’d never imagined.
Set during the Nazis’ siege of Leningrad. The friendship that grows between Lev and Kolya is nothing short of entertaining and heartwarming. So much pain, devastation and brutality surrounds them and yet, their story still manages to make the reader chuckle. At times the language and vividness was difficult to take in, however by the end I was truly committed and brought to tears. A beautiful, horrifying tale that will not leave the reader’s mind anytime soon. Excellent read!
I immediately purchased five or six copies to send to friends and family, alongside a note strongly admonishing they read this post-haste.
City of Thieves is as good as it gets.
City of Thieves is as good as it gets.
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No