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gay disaster. in possession of several opinions. i will post about books in the language i read them in, which is either english or german. mastodon / blog

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Dune (1990, Chilton Books, Putnam - Penguin Books) 4 stars

Dune is set in the distant future amidst a feudal interstellar society in which various …

expansive universe, exhausting writing style

4 stars

it took me ages to get through this. not because it's bad, probably mostly because i repaired my computer and had.. other things on my mind. but also partly because herbert's style reminds me of tolkien. like, a lot. at least in the sense that herbert really wants you to read his mediocre poetry too.

this isn't bad by any means, and i will surely read on in the future. probably around the time the second movie hits. the characters are fleshed-out and there's surprisingly little overt misogyny for a science fiction book that is, at this point, positively ancient. it's just the constant internal monologuing and then rushing through the actual happenings that gets exhausting after a while.

Scale-bright (2014) 3 stars

"Julienne's aunts are the archer who shot down the suns and the woman who lives …

shallow but promising

3 stars

this book is short and sweet. it tells the story of julienne, the niece of two immortals, finding cautious love to a serpent within a short adventure to heaven. and while the premise is intriguing, the book falters due to its length: many scenes could have, should have, been given a bit more time to breathe. introductions of characters feel rushed and by the end we are left with what is a story arc about finding courage in love, but just barely. especially disappointing since the wlw dynamic (pretty much everyone in this book is lesbian) is lovely and could've benefitted from some more depth.

the appendices, which consist of three short story that serve as a kind of prequel to the main story, provide context and a lot of verbose language, perhaps due to its rooting in chinese folklore. especially the second one, woman of the sun, woman of …

exit RACISM (German language, 2018, UNRAST Verlag) 4 stars

Obwohl Rassismus in allen Bereichen der deutschen Gesellschaft wirkt, ist es nicht leicht, über ihn …

guter einstieg in antirassismus

4 stars

exit racism ist strukturiert wie ein workshop - weil es einer ist. tupoka ogette bringt seit einigen jahren weißen menschen bei, dass antirassismus mehr heißt, als grüne zu wählen. ihr konzept des "happyland", aus dem man als weißer mensch erst entkommen muss, erinnert mich ein wenig an meine verhaltenstherapie.

der inhalt des buches ist alles in allem gut, ich habe mir viel unterstrichen und hatte auch den ein oder anderen "aha"-moment, allerdings ist hier wenig dabei, was man nicht schon weiß, wenn man sich ein wenig mit der rassistischen geschichte deutschlands auseinandersetzt. dieses buch richtet sich wirklich an die leute, die darüber noch nie nachgedacht haben.

Das Geisterhaus. (German language, 1998, Suhrkamp) 4 stars

Primera novela de Isabel Allende.

La casa de los espíritus narra la saga de una …

magisch, aber von seiner eigenen schwere heruntergezogen

4 stars

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