I can't think of any book that I've read before that felt so compelling and so long at the same time. This one took me a while to get through and it wasn't all easy but I desperately wanted to find out what would happen. Our protagonist is a soldier who has lost his memory.… Continue reading Book Review: The Remembered Soldier by Anjet Daanje
Tag: translated from Dutch
Book Review: Hard Copy by Fien Veldman
Hard Copy - Fien Veldman (Head of Zeus, 2024) (translated by Hester Velmans) This is such a weird book. Which isn't to say I didn't like it. I just don't know quite what to say about it. The basic premise is that a young woman, the unnamed narrator, falls in love with a printer. She… Continue reading Book Review: Hard Copy by Fien Veldman
Book Review: Mary and the Birth of Frankenstein by Anne Eekhout
I read an Advance Uncorrected Proof of this book thanks to HarperVia. This book was translated from the original Dutch by Laura Watkinson. The story of how Frankenstein came to be is a famous one. Mary Shelley, Percy Shelley, Lord Byron, and some other guy (John Polidori but I always forget about him) gathered together… Continue reading Book Review: Mary and the Birth of Frankenstein by Anne Eekhout
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