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Pronouns: he/him I want to read more (like in the good `ol days in school, when I was so bored at times; just the more time for reading part though, NOT the school and boredom part 😅) Gatekeeping art and literature is a No-No for me! I (mostly) only read for fun The books I read are in German and English, but I currently started to learn Spanish (again), let's see...

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Фёдор Достоевский: Crime and Punishment (2002)

Meh | From Goodreads (small edits)

I don't think I read this book with the right intention. I should probably revisit the book in the future without outside interference (in 1, 2 years). It's certainly not a bad book, this is why I gave it 3 not 2 stars ("liked it"). I share the criticism of the "Übermensch"(superman in English as I got told) but I think the idea of the Übermensch as presented in Dostoevsky is not complete (I will not say wrong -partly because it’s not the term Dostoevsky would have used, for obvs reasons-, though I did think of this a few times while reading). It is not the absence of a god (more precisely, a belief in god) that enables one to be a Übermensch, but rather a superior thinking (german: "überlegenheit"). This is more likely to be instigated by a belief in God. Religion is based on the superiority …

reviewed Life Is Strange: Steph's Story by Rosiee Thor (Life is Strange)

Rosiee Thor: Life Is Strange: Steph's Story (2023, Titan Books Limited, Titan Books)

The official origin story of LiS fan-favourite Steph Gingrich featuring LGBTQ+ romance, inevitable heartbreak, and …

From Goodreads

»Steph’s Story« nicely ties in with Life is Strange, LiS: True Colors and Wavelengths. It also builds pretty neatly on the Life is Strange Comics while still shining as an independent piece. And, perhaps, most importantly, the first-person narration is brilliant, and I think it really fits Steph as a character.

finished reading Survivor Wants to Die at the End by Adam Silvera

Adam Silvera: Survivor Wants to Die at the End (2025, Simon & Schuster, Limited)

Paz Dario stays up every night, waiting for the Death-Cast call that would mean he …

Content warning Minor spoiler for the ending, not story related

reviewed Über Tyrannei by Timothy Snyder

Timothy Snyder: Über Tyrannei (German language, 2021, C.H. Beck)

Über Tyrannei - Must Read für alle, die die Demokratie verteidigen wollen

Ein leider aktueller nicht sein könnendes Buch, mit 20 wichtigen Ratschlägen was man gegen den Untergang der Demokratie machen kann. Atemberaubend Illustriert! Must read

reviewed Morgen und Abend by Jon Fosse

Jon Fosse: Morgen und Abend (German language, 2023, Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag)

Review of 'Morgen und Abend' on 'Goodreads'

Positiv an diesem Buch ist, dass es sich sehr schön lesen lässt und man schnell in einen Flow geraten kann.
Das war es aber schon mit dem, was mir positiv in Erinnerung bleibt.

Während des gesamten Lesens dieses Buches waren mir die Figuren und die Geschichte unglaublich gleichgültig. Ich halte dieses Buch für überflüssig, da es mir nichts gibt und auch nichts nimmt.

Letztlich kann ich mir nur drei Arten von Personen vorstellen, die aus diesem Buch etwas ziehen können:
1. Eine Person, die noch nie ein Buch gelesen hat oder noch nie aus einer anderen Motivation heraus als Schule oder aus einem pseudointellektuellen Drang, die Nobelpreisträger-Liste abzuarbeiten.
2. Jemand, der sich noch nie mit dem eigenen Leben oder Tod auseinandergesetzt hat und es spannend findet, wenn man einer Person mit null emotionaler Bindung zu den Lesenden als Gespenst beim Herumlaufen folgt.
Oder 3. Eine Person, die sich noch nie …

Two time-traveling agents from warring futures, working their way through the past, begin to exchange …

Review of 'This is How You Lose the Time War' on 'Goodreads'

»This is How You Lose the Time War« is a truly stunning piece of writing.
I still can’t comprehend how Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone could squeeze so many genres and ideas into such a short book, without it feeling overwhelming. Science fiction, space opera, star-crossed romance, time travel et cetera. It’s probably easier to count what this book is not than what it is.
Though I must admit that I found it a bit cheesy at the end, the book still managed to catch me off guard with heartbreaking plot twists. I don’t think I can ever reread this book without tears when Blue writes »As you wish« or the last sentences: »Maybe this is how we win, Red. You and me. This is how we win.«
Unconditional and unreserved reading recommendation!