Kind of

Kind of, Sort of, Maybe, But Probably Not by Imbi Neeme
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Generally I feel that reading this book was a waste of time.
All the characters were remote to me and I was either bored or disgusted with their way of entertaining themselves.
I felt some sympathy to the main characters - Phoebe, Suzy , but for me descriptions of their feelings and actions was very, very simplistic and naive.

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The Friends

My Friends by Fredrik Backman
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Full respect to the author, he managed to make me vulnerable, to shed a tear, to feel spasm in my heart.
It lasted for half of a book, then cracks appeared.
I looked closer on the other face of a lovely FOUR - stealing, making mess, throwing shopping trolley in an abyss. And an overwhelming contempt for security guards.
Could F. Backman write a book about friendship among security guards?

The last third of the book was annoying, I just wanted to finish it and the author employed every possible trick to make it longer.

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The Deal

The Deal by Alex Miller
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

It looks to me like a very self-centred story of a not fullfilled artist.
Well written but very alien to me.


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Gulliver's Wife

Gulliver's Wife by Lauren Chater
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

I am rather disappointed with this book.
I could not find a STORY in it.
L. Gulliver returns home after his visit to LilliputLand and does not connect with his family - end of story.
Actually I looked to the source - Gulliver Travels by J Swift...
"During my short stay in England, I gained much by showing my cattle to various distinguished people and commoners. Before I undertook my second trip, I sold them for six hundred pounds. I stayed only two months with my wife and children.... I left my wife 1,500 pounds and settled her in a comfortable home in Redriff. My son, John, attended elementary school, and my daughter, Elizabeth (who is now married and has children), learned sewing."

I highly appreciate author's skill and effort in presenting conditions in which London midwifes in XVIII century lived and operated.
I appreciate author's skill in presenting environment in which London midwifes in XVIII century lived and operated but in first place I got a feeling that she connected her story to a very popular book just to gain readership and haven't tried to pass to the reader the atmosphere of the original.

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The Great Man

The Great Man by Al Morgan
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I read a Polish translation of the book, while reading I got memories from many years ago when I heard it as a radio play.
My memories were good and resulted in a positive rating - based on cold reasoning my rating would be lower..
The story - a very popular radio presenter dies, radio bosses are planning to deliver a new one. The book shows how cold and ruthless process it is.
Story is told from the position of a candidate to replace the star who died.
He investigates the career of his predecessor and learns many bad things about him and it looks that if he follows this career path, he will be the same.
On one hand I was bored a bit with the details of dependencies in radio business, on the other hand I liked author's writing style.

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Best Wishes

Best Wishes by Richard Glover
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Definitely not my type of a book, I read it only because it was to be discussed in my book club.
Why not my type of a book?
Because in a book I am looking for a STORY, sometimes I try to connect to the story.
Best Wishes is something opposite - list of things author dislikes, 365 of them.
Generally I found this approach annoying, the only positive was a good sense of humour of the author.

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The Goddess of Warsaw

The Goddess of Warsaw by Lisa Barr
My rating: 1 of 5 stars

This book upset me very much.
I appreciate author's skill and effort to write a breathtaking story of passion, sex, betrayal and murder but I cannot accept mixing this shit with the history of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

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