I've been doing ThrowbackThursdays for a while but I noticed that I wrote a lot of reviews in a short time when I first started. So, I post more than one Throwback every week. These are my reviews from June 2013.
- "Whispers Under Ground" (RoL 3) - 2012
- "Broken Homes" (RoL 4) - 2013
This is a police story, a crime novel mixed with fantasy elements. All genres I usually stay far away from. However, Ben Aaronovitch has such a unique and funny way to describe his characters and the story, the good guys as well as the bad guys, the living as well as the dead, the spirits, the events.
- "Broken Homes" (RoL 4) - 2013
This is a police story, a crime novel mixed with fantasy elements. All genres I usually stay far away from. However, Ben Aaronovitch has such a unique and funny way to describe his characters and the story, the good guys as well as the bad guys, the living as well as the dead, the spirits, the events.
- "Flood of Fire" (Ibis Trilogy #3) - 2015
Amitav Ghosh manages to invite us into this world. In the first novel, he describes the fate of a ship and its passengers. In the second, other topics are introduced. One of them is morale and the difference between Hinduism and Christianity. In the third book, there is even more history of a part of the world I don't know much about.
Amitav Ghosh manages to invite us into this world. In the first novel, he describes the fate of a ship and its passengers. In the second, other topics are introduced. One of them is morale and the difference between Hinduism and Christianity. In the third book, there is even more history of a part of the world I don't know much about.
Mahfouz, Naguib "Children of Gebelawi" (aka Children of our Alley) (Arabic: اولاد حارتنا Awlād ḥāritnā) - 1959
In this book, all our monotheistic religions are retold, the beginnings of them, at least.
There is Gabalawi (God) who first throws Idris (Satan) and then Adham (Adam) out of his house, then there is Gabal (Moses), Rifa (Jesus) and Qasim (Muhammad), all three of them wanting to bring peace to their alley (the world) and creating their own religions. At the end we have Arafa who stands for the modern world or science.
I should probably give Aaronovitch another chance. I read the first book and had such difficulty following the plot. However, I know many people like you, whose taste I trust, find his books delightful!
ReplyDeleteMaybe he's not for you, Constance. I've had that experience with many other readers whose taste is similar to mine but that one book just doesn't work for one of us. I also have a very good friend who dislikes everything I read and vice-versa. But we always have great discussions about the book.
DeleteAs I mention in my review, I bought the book because of the title. And usually, I am not into fantasy or crime stories. This is both. But I really liked them.
Try one of the other books instead.