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German reader, devoured hundreds of books as a child, lossed reading habit thanks to modern media and tries to bring it back. Currently interested in fantasy/sci-fi by authors who are not (old) white male. Other interests are running, TTRPGs, movies, theatre, video games.
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Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Lord of the Flies is a 1954 novel by Nobel Prize–winning British author William Golding. The book focuses on a …
Retros_x rated The City We Became: 4 stars
The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin (The Great Cities Trilogy, Book 1)
In Manhattan, a young grad student gets off the train and realizes he doesn't remember who he is, where he's …
Retros_x finished reading The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin (The Great Cities Trilogy, Book 1)
The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin (The Great Cities Trilogy, Book 1)
In Manhattan, a young grad student gets off the train and realizes he doesn't remember who he is, where he's …
Retros_x wants to read Simply Scheme : Introducing Computer Science by Brian Harvey
Retros_x started reading Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
From the author of Gods of Jade and Shadow comes this reimagining of the classic gothic suspense novel, a story …
Retros_x started reading The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon (The Roots of Chaos, #1)
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon (The Roots of Chaos, #1)
A world divided. A queendom without an heir. An ancient enemy awakens.
The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for …
Retros_x rated The Devotion of Suspect X (Detective Galileo, #1): 3 stars
The Devotion of Suspect X (Detective Galileo, #1) by Keigo Higashino
The Devotion of Suspect X (容疑者Xの献身, Yōgisha Ekkusu no Kenshin) is a 2005 novel by Keigo Higashino, the third in …
Retros_x finished reading The Devotion of Suspect X (Detective Galileo, #1) by Keigo Higashino
The Devotion of Suspect X (容疑者Xの献身, Yōgisha Ekkusu no Kenshin) is a 2005 novel by …
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Retros_x reviewed Vom Ende der Einsamkeit by Benedict Wells
One of the best German family novels
5 stars
I am a sucker for family stories so I might be biased regarding the quality of this book, but the prose is so well written and the characterization precise. This family feels so real and its one of the few books that left me ugly crying in the end.
Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor
When a massive object crashes into the ocean off the coast of Lagos, Nigeria’s most populous and legendary city, three …
Retros_x rated The Rest Of Us Just Live Here: 4 stars
Retros_x rated 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World: 4 stars
10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World by Elif Shafak
An intensely powerful new novel from the best-selling author of “The Bastard of Istanbul” and “Honour”
“In the first minute …
