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218 reviews
The Extraordinary Journeys: Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne
4.5
I did not expect to learn that Newcastle had coal mines under the North sea from a French book published in 1864.
Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood
4.0
Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome. Im Cabaret, au Cabaret, to Cabaret!
The Victim by P.D. James
Man murders someone in cold blood but he is, in fact, the true victim. Revolutionary.
4.0
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
3.5
It's a dog eat dog world. Literally.
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A book from a dog's perspective.
London’s adaptive writing style was jarring and, at times, felt a little inconsistent and incoherent. But when I started to read it for the allegory it was, it made a bit more sense. I enjoyed how he used different styles of prose to represent the intrusion of humanity into the wilderness, using a simple style to represent Buck who is evolving and returning to nature while utilising a more verbose, almost artificial style when referring to particular human characters.
I didn't enjoy the ending. It was too Nietzschean for me as Buck becomes some sort of überhund who reverts back to his “natural” wild state. There was a strong romanticisation of nature and returning to the wilderness and living off the land while also an incredibly uncomfortable exoticisation and dehumanisation of Native American people.
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A book from a dog's perspective.
London’s adaptive writing style was jarring and, at times, felt a little inconsistent and incoherent. But when I started to read it for the allegory it was, it made a bit more sense. I enjoyed how he used different styles of prose to represent the intrusion of humanity into the wilderness, using a simple style to represent Buck who is evolving and returning to nature while utilising a more verbose, almost artificial style when referring to particular human characters.
I didn't enjoy the ending. It was too Nietzschean for me as Buck becomes some sort of überhund who reverts back to his “natural” wild state. There was a strong romanticisation of nature and returning to the wilderness and living off the land while also an incredibly uncomfortable exoticisation and dehumanisation of Native American people.
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by S.A. Chakraborty
4.0
Every plot "twist" was like getting smacked in the face with a shovel.