I would have liked to like this book better. The setting and the way of narrating the story are right up my alley.
But I just couldn't connect to the characters, and had the feeling I was meant to. Young people in their late teens, still going to school, more or less abandonded by the rest of humanity as flatmates in an empty house, without interests or hobbies or outside contact. Shoplifting as their only social contact. I would have been bored.
A den of our for me and my friend - we had something of the sort, actually. We used it to enjoy ourselves. (Chips, books, games, films, endless talking.) We are told that these were good times. (Or are we? I'm not sure anymore.) But we aren't shown what was so good about them. Maybe they actually were the best of times. A depressing thought.
The writing is …
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Herr Rau rated Otfried Preußler: 4 stars
Herr Rau rated Cold Hand in Mine: 3 stars
Herr Rau rated Der schwarze Jonas, Kapuziner, Räuber und Mordbrenner.: 3 stars
Herr Rau rated The Children Act: 3 stars
The Children Act by Ian McEwan
London High Court Judge Fiona Maye presides over a sensitive case involving a family of Jehovah's Witnesses who won't allow …
Herr Rau rated The children act: 3 stars
The children act by Ian McEwan
London High Court Judge Fiona Maye presides over a sensitive case involving a family of Jehovah's Witnesses who won't allow …
R. D. Dawe: Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana. First Edition: Philogelos (Latin language, 2000, K.G. Saur Verlag GmbH & Co. KG)
Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana. First Edition: Philogelos by R. D. Dawe (Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana. First Edition -- 1595)
Herr Rau rated The commitments: 4 stars
Roddy Doyle: The commitments (1988, Heinemann)
The commitments by Roddy Doyle
The Commitments (1987) is a novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle.[2] The first episode in The Barrytown Trilogy, it is …
Herr Rau rated DANDELION WINE: 5 stars
Ray Bradbury: DANDELION WINE (Paperback, Bantam)
DANDELION WINE by Ray Bradbury
The summer of '28 was a vintage season for a growing boy. A summer of green apple trees, mowed lawns, …
Review of 'Auerhaus' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
I would have liked to like this book better. The setting and the way of narrating the story are right up my alley.
But I just couldn't connect to the characters, and had the feeling I was meant to. Young people in their late teens, still going to school, more or less abandonded by the rest of humanity as flatmates in an empty house, without interests or hobbies or outside contact. Shoplifting as their only social contact. I would have been bored.
A den of our for me and my friend - we had something of the sort, actually. We used it to enjoy ourselves. (Chips, books, games, films, endless talking.) We are told that these were good times. (Or are we? I'm not sure anymore.) But we aren't shown what was so good about them. Maybe they actually were the best of times. A depressing thought.
The writing is solid, though.
Herr Rau rated The Buried Giant: 2 stars
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Buried Giant begins as a couple set off across a troubled land of mist and rain in the hope …
Herr Rau rated The Buried Giant: 2 stars
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Buried Giant begins as a couple set off across a troubled land of mist and rain in the hope …
The Mauritius Command (O'Brian, Patrick, Aubrey/Maturin Novels (New York, N.Y.), 4.) by Patrick O'Brian (Aubrey-Maturin (4))
Herr Rau rated The Mauritius command: 3 stars
