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What we enjoyed about the book: Interesting how everything was connected Characters from the caravan were cool Felt realistic even though it was written before our pandemic, kudos to the author Difficult to read post-pandemic Didn’t focus too much on the disease and suffering, rather on coping What is important in such a situation? Relatable: stocking up on food and toilet paper. Hard to read New generation portrayal interesting: stay connected to the world before Well written Theatre and Shakespeare parts brilliant Survival is not enough, you need more: theatre, the arts, something else to l ..read more

What we enjoyed about the book: Dropping the title in the book quite late, fascinating Vibe was great: sultan, souks, bazar 1001 Nights vibe, does not feel stereotypical, weaved into it very well Arabic setting, does not feel forced, does not fall into ‘Oriental’ stereotypes, Kuwait-American author does a great job Stories within stories cool Story about storytelling, meta, how stories change through telling it, oral tradition nice Easy to read, young adult patterns Arabic language in the book works very well Like in Arabic: “Neither…” instead “Once upon a time” Not overexplaining culture, la ..read more

Better late than never! BSFG has voted for our next read & I’m looking forward to the meeting this Thursday ..read more

What we enjoyed about the book: Writing style funny Chapter titles great Fast-paced, never gets boring, no lengthy bits “Felt like coming home a little bit” Nostalgia Greek history and mythology accessible (could go deeper) Made us interested in Greek mythology Impactful, got some of us into reading Rereading it and knowing who the villain was, was cool Still fun to read as an adult Perspective of Percy well done, writing style mirrors the focalizer Sass and sarcasm was great Mythology taken serious but not overly so Some of us read the books first as a kid, others the movie, different paths ..read more

Hi everyone, The Percy Jackson meeting is going to take place via our Discord server voice chat. This way, more people can participate. Hear you at 5pm today! Cheers ..read more

What we enjoyed about the book: very engaging, “pleasantly surprised” hating all characters was the point? Julian a mysterious figure: cult leader? enigma? shadow figure? dangerous? at fault for Henry’s fate? “I loved this book” tragic novel, made a person feel sick and sad invites a reread pretentious students fun humour: “Francis is such an icon” book haunts you after you finish reading what did Henry whisper to Camilla??? detective story inverted, fascinating homeric beginning: Bunny will die –> waiting for it do happen; whodunnit in reverse tons of plottwists writing style captivating ..read more

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What we enjoyed about the book: convoluted narrative situation, embedded stories, framing device Waltons is a “massive Frankenstein stan” unreliable narrators are great “I liked it” despite it being a classic super influential timeless, so many retellings different than imagined –> adaptations have a huge influence very descriptive, good nature / emotion descriptions transcends the idea of monster vs. good person creature = monster? Victor = monster? creature = victim? –> blurred lines change of how we like / perceive characters interesting old book but writing style not too old fashion ..read more