Blindness by José SaramagoMy rating: 0 of 5 stars
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Friday, December 31, 2021
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Review: The Beekeeper of Aleppo
The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy LefteriMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Moving story of Syrian refugee whose experiences no doubt are not unique. It is perhaps because I knew it would be a moving series of losses that takes away some of the power of the story and in having the narrator telling the story in retrospect, thus knowing they survived, also lessens some of the impact of the story. Nonetheless, good book for anyone who resents refugees.
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Review: The Dogs
The Dogs by John HughesMy rating: 0 of 5 stars
A book full of quotable sentences I need to read it again. The parallel broken relationships over 3 generation, woven together through memoirs and imagination with the present. The struggle between morality, shame, deception and truth in every generation and every character, regret seems inevitable regardless of war or peace, prosperity or poverty. Life has gone to the dogs, forget about it!
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Sunday, December 12, 2021
Review: The Thief
The Thief by Fuminori NakamuraMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
It’s an intriguing story line about a professional pickpocket in Japan with an interesting side story on how a loner becomes tied down by a child. Throughout the story, memories of the thief’s past builds the character into a sad lonely person that is too scared to connect but pretends that he does not want to or need anyone. It’s a sad end but that is often how Japanese movies/ stories end.
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Monday, December 6, 2021
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