@Karelgil
Haha, true! Ik kon niet wachten. Maar: dit was slechts deel 1 van de vijfdelige trilogie. De andere delen liggen nog klaar, dus wie weet lees ik er een daarvan - en misschien zelfs wel deel 3 - in die week 🤓
cc @Lemonandpeach @boeken@bookstodon
This amazing graphic novel is a perfect blend of new style and good storytelling!
Panchaud uses dots for his characters, and they really make the reading experience come alive. The story (a sad little boy fights for his happiness) is not so new, but the telling of it is with a lot of excitement.
Die Farbe der Dinge / The Color of Things/ La couleur des choses/ De kleur van Dingen
by Martin Panchaud
Heute „Genossin Kuckuck“ fertig lesen können. Ich musste das Buch regelmäßig weglegen. Es war einfach zu düster für mich. Die vielen Andeutungen von Gewalt sind mir unter die Haut gegangen auch wenn es oft surreal dargestellt wurde, irgendwo zwischen Wirklichkeit und Traum.
@fifischwarz@boeken@bookstodon I read KSR’s Red Mars a year or two ago and loved it so much, I keep planning on going back to him, but I haven’t yet. I was sure at the time he had a degree in mechanical engineering or something, but was surprised to learn (from Wikipedia) his first doctoral advisor was Frederic Jameson- the guy Slavoj Zizek and Mark Fisher always talk about
@cpkimber
Thanks - in truth, I had no idea about Jameson.
Robinson may himself be no engineer, but he definitely seems to have done some thorough research and curating (or so I think, being a layperson in this discipline myself). @boeken@bookstodon
@fifischwarz@cpkimber@boeken@bookstodon Absolutely. His Mars trilogy may not be as popular as the Martian, but I don’t think that’s because it is less “hard” as a sci fi novel.
'I must now return to my story with some haste, before another foolish white woman might think to seize it with the purpose of belching out some nonsensical tale on my behalf.' #DeZinVanHetBoek#TheEssenceOfTheBook
@fifischwarz
Hah, I once abandoned a book by Stephen King. I just couldn't get through the story which was too repetitive and long before it, supposedly, would BE somewhere, the 'going' was taking way too much time. I think it took place on a train. A tower was involved, I think. I no longer even have that book: if I don't like it I don't keep it.
I do have others of him that I like although I BY FAR prefer other writers such as Peter Hamilton or Greg Bear, and others.
@fifischwarz@boeken@bookstodon
When I read it, I saw it as two different books, which should never have Bern synthesized. The first half was funny for the "extremely online" set like me, but it wasn't a story. It might have worked better as a separate project, with an illustrator, something along the lines of an Allie Brosh book of illustrated musings.
The second half switched gears so dramatically, I did not know what to think. Maybe the author meant to show that you're going along, living your life, and BAM! one terrible event can change your focus and your whole world, but the author never made the segue. The result is that neither half works.
@kimlockhartga
Thanks for this. It feels a bit harsh to rate a book so badly, but if a book doesn't work for a reader, then so be it. I guess it didn't help that I did not have the faintest idea who the author was 🫣
Your description is pretty much spot on, I think. Too many books to read (I saw your 1,000 recommendations - very glad to have already read some) 😝 to continue in one that's mostly annoying. @boeken@bookstodon
@pascaline
It definitely sounds like you made the right choice to quit reading that one. I too have gotten rid of books that I felt were not all that. My shelves are like trophy cases: there's only room for what is absolutely worthwhile (ok, for those and for my tsundoku - of which I don't know yet, but hope, I will like them 😊 ) @boeken@bookstodon
I am reading Malina by Ingeborg Bachmann.
The story of a writer and her relationships with two men. The text explores themes of gender relations, guilt, mental illness, writing, and collective and personal trauma.