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An Honest Man by Ben Fergusson — book review
In Ben Fergusson’s An Honest Man our narrator Ralf revisits a particularly significant year in his life. The year is 1989 and Ralf is eighteen and lives with his family in West Berlin. Growing up in a bilingual household (his mother is English), Ralf has always felt like a bit of an outsider. In a…
1980s, 1st pov, 3.5 STARS, Adult, affairs, An Honest Man, Ben Fergusson, Berlin, Booklr, British author, coming of age, drama, east and west germany, family, fathers & sons, gay, German, Germany, HISTORICAL FICTION, lgbtq+, LITERARY FICTION, m/m, male authors, mental health, mothers & sons, MYSTERY, political intrigue, psychological, published in 2019, queer, read in 2020, ROMANCE, spies, SUSPENSE -
Confession with Blue Horses by Sophie Hardach — book review
“A year or so after my mother died, I received an unexpected inheritance.” In Confession with Blue Horses Sophie Hardach captures the fraught atmosphere between East and West Germany. When Ella, a rather aimless thirty-something year old, comes across some of her mother’s diaries, she’s drawn back to her birth city, Berlin, where, assisted by…
1980s, 20th century, 3.25 stars, Adult, Berlin, CHILDHOOD, cold war, Confession with Blue Horses, drama, east and west germany, england, family, female authors, German, German British Author, Germany, HISTORICAL FICTION, LITERARY FICTION, LONDON, MEMORY, mothers & daughters, museums, MYSTERY, politics, published in 2019, read in 2020, siblings, Sophie Hardach -
A Castle in the Clouds by Kerstin Gier — book review
“One thing was for sure: This Christmas was going to be anything but boring.” A Castle in the Clouds is the book equivalent of cotton candy. Fluffy, sickly sweet, and somewhat insubstantial. Nevertheless, with its Clue meets Scooby Doo story this latest novel by Kerstin Gier makes for an entertaining, if silly, read. A Castle…
1st pov, 3.25 stars, A Castle in the Clouds, adventure, Christmas reads, Contemporary, drama, female authors, German, german author, hotel, HUMOR, Kerstin Gier, missing jewels, mountains, MYSTERY, mystery puzzle, PUBLISHED IN 2017, read in 2020, ROMANCE, Switzerland, TRANSLATED FICTION, uplifting reads, WINTER, winter reads, YOUNG ADULT
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