koishi commented on A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
I have become more invested in the story of the criminal than in Sherlock Holmes himself. I had stopped reading this book a few months ago, but I cane back just to read more about him.
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koishi started reading A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
This is actually a compilation that came bundled with the PocketBook, but I don't know where it was taken from or how it was assembled, so I will just add ghe books one by one.
koishi commented on His Soul is Marching On to Another World by The Cabbage Preacher
And heaven shall ring with anthems o’er the deed they mean to do, For his …
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THEY ARE NOW GIVING BIRTH AND AYOMIDE HASNNO FUCKING CLUE I LOVE HER
koishi finished reading Sand by Hugh Howey
Sand by Hugh Howey
In post-apocalyptic Colorado, a state now covered in sand, one family struggles to survive and stay united after the father …
koishi reviewed By the sea by Abdulrazak Gurnah
Saleh Omar used to be a furniture-shop owner, house owner, husband and father. Now he …
Books that would improve by having a family tree at the end
4 stars
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As someone who read an independent translation of the Arabian nights many years ago, I was pleasantly surprised when it dawned on me that this book takes the same base concept as the way to structure everything.
A big part of this book reads like a soap opera, exploring how two separate families interact and evolve over the course of several generations. One of the main reveals is that all of the families that crop up are one and the same (sometimes connected by marriage or by two characters being lovers). This is eventually what kick-starts the events happening in the present. It also means that you will reach a point in the final quarter of the book where it is difficult to visualise how different people are related. Hence the title.
Now, I know that describing this book as a soap opera is glossing over the complex political issues that are happening in the background. The reason why I am glossing over them is twofold: on the one hand, they read more like an external influence that further pushes the characters into making the decisions they make. On the other, I am unfortunately too far removed from the context of 20th century Tanzania for it to really have left a significant mark on me.
What did actually left a mark on me was the treatment of black Muslims (or, to use their own words, blackamoors) in the present. Both seeing how Omar and Latif were being mocked at for being black and the beatiful descriptions provided by Omar, which are so unavoidably tied to his identity as a Muslim.
All in all, a solid 4 stars. Not a book that has influenced the way I see writing, but a book I would wholeheartedly recommend.
koishi commented on Sand by Hugh Howey
In post-apocalyptic Colorado, a state now covered in sand, one family struggles to survive and …
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SHE'S ALIVE AND KICKING WERE SO FUCKING BACK
koishi commented on Sand by Hugh Howey
In post-apocalyptic Colorado, a state now covered in sand, one family struggles to survive and …
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the girl is alive!!!!! thank you for not killing her!!!!!!!
koishi commented on Sand by Hugh Howey
In post-apocalyptic Colorado, a state now covered in sand, one family struggles to survive and …
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damn Palmer you just got out of the building to now be running away without the proof that danvar is real lmao you can't catch a break
also f marco
koishi commented on Sand by Hugh Howey
In post-apocalyptic Colorado, a state now covered in sand, one family struggles to survive and …
Holy shit I don't know if Palmer is in a better or a worse position than when he was trapped in a building
also f Marco
koishi commented on His Soul is Marching On to Another World by The Cabbage Preacher
And heaven shall ring with anthems o’er the deed they mean to do, For his …
I don't know how many chapters I'm in because I don't have the ebook in hand but please author protect Ayomide I want her to be pampered like she deserves (a lot)
koishi commented on Sand by Hugh Howey
In post-apocalyptic Colorado, a state now covered in sand, one family struggles to survive and …
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WHY DID THE GIRL HAVE TO DIE NO. I DON'T CARE SHE IS A PLOT DEVICE SHE DESERVED TO LIVE. CATCH ME OUTSIDE YOU FUCKER
koishi started reading Sand by Hugh Howey
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Fuck hap honestly. What's the whole deal of running away with palmer's equipment and then saying "I will make sure you figure in my memory" bs. He got just dessers tbh
koishi finished reading By the sea by Abdulrazak Gurnah
By the sea by Abdulrazak Gurnah
Saleh Omar used to be a furniture-shop owner, house owner, husband and father. Now he is an asylum seeker. When …
koishi started reading His Soul is Marching On to Another World by The Cabbage Preacher
His Soul is Marching On to Another World by The Cabbage Preacher
And heaven shall ring with anthems o’er the deed they mean to do, For his soul is marching on.
The …
koishi wants to read By the sea by Abdulrazak Gurnah
By the sea by Abdulrazak Gurnah
Saleh Omar used to be a furniture-shop owner, house owner, husband and father. Now he is an asylum seeker. When …