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> Tag: post war europe

once again: great book, TERRIBLE cover

The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante

January 18, 2022 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

The cover is even WORSE this time- not only do we have another DIY looking illustration,  but the featured pull quote from The Australian‘s John Freeman is ABYSMAL: “Imagine if Jane Austen got angry and you’ll have some idea of how explosive these works are.” Fuck right off, guy. Emphasis on GUY. Just because Austen characters aren’t slapping and cussing each other out does not mean that they aren’t also filled with the contained rage of being a woman trapped in position- a woman who will do […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: andtheIToldYouSos, casual violence, coming-of-age, Elena Ferrante, europa edition, female friendship, intergenerational trauma, Italy, L'amica geniale #2, Love, Marriage, Neapolitan Novels, post war europe, Series, the Neapolitan novels, translation

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR14 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: andtheIToldYouSos, casual violence, coming-of-age, Elena Ferrante, europa edition, female friendship, intergenerational trauma, Italy, L'amica geniale #2, Love, Marriage, Neapolitan Novels, post war europe, Series, the Neapolitan novels, translation ·
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“That which does not kill us,” I said, “has to get up extra early in the morning if it wants to get us next time.”

Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch

May 30, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos 4 Comments

Peter Grant and his partner of sorts, Lesley May, have to do a lot of explaining themselves. Not just their actions as members of The Folly, the (tiny) branch of the London Met that deals with “unusual circumstances”, but also every reference that they make about the modern world. Why is that? They’re making these references to The Nightingale; their commanding officer who has been fighting the bad guys (thieves, murderers, Nazis) since before WWII. Before WWII? But how? Well, Nightingale stopped aging in the […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Mystery Tagged With: Ben Aaronovitch, city planning, conspiracy, council estates, crime, London, magic, murder, Peter Grant, police procedural, post war europe, Rivers of London, Urban Fantasy

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:53 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Mystery · Tags: Ben Aaronovitch, city planning, conspiracy, council estates, crime, London, magic, murder, Peter Grant, police procedural, post war europe, Rivers of London, Urban Fantasy ·
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A Stiff Upper Lip and a Blind Eye

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

May 17, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos 2 Comments

Oh, Mr. Stevens. A tragic hero if ever there was one. As a butler to a great house of Britain, he kept his eyes to the floor while the ravages of post-WWI Europe came to a boiling point in the halls of his dear Darlington Hall. Kazuo Ishiguro is a master of quiet suffering. His characters come to slow, stark, and utterly devastating conclusions just a moment before the enormity of their despair hits the reader. The Remains of the Day is arguably  his most celebrated […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: Booker prize, classics, facism, film adaptation, great britain, historical fiction, Kazuo Ishiguro, landed gentry, merchany ivory production, post war europe, unrequited love, WWI, WWII

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:48 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: Booker prize, classics, facism, film adaptation, great britain, historical fiction, Kazuo Ishiguro, landed gentry, merchany ivory production, post war europe, unrequited love, WWI, WWII ·
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