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Category: Literary Reviews

November 3, 2024

Review: The Teutonic Knights, Aleksander Pluskowski

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 It is always interesting to read a short general history: what an author consider noteworthy versus what one does…

October 7, 2024

Review: The Three-Body Problem, Liu Cixin

Rating: 4 out of 5 I was put off by the beginning—the opening chapters were non sequitur, at least if you don’t know what’s…

August 1, 2024

Review: Huế 1968, Mark Bowden

Review: 4 out of 5 My knowledge about Vietnam and the Vietnam War was very patchy. This book looked like it would provide a…

July 29, 2024

Review: Song of the Mysteries, Janny Wurts

Rating: 5 out of 5 It’s only recently I managed to catch up enough with the Wars of Light and Shadow to be ready…

July 26, 2024

Review: Tai-Pan, James Clavell

Rating: 5 out of 5 In many ways, Tai-pan is one of the most memorable books I have read. This was my third time…

June 9, 2024

Review: Essex Dogs, Dan Jones

Rating: 3 out of 5 Hmmm… Well, I fell into a trap. Normally, I would not listen to historical fiction and thinking that this…

June 5, 2024

Review: Uesugi Kenshin, Yoshikawa Eiji

Rating: 3 out of 5 Having just read a Yoshikawa Eiji, I thought I would try another. This one ended up being rather disappointing…

May 29, 2024

Review: Taiko, Yoshikawa Eiji

Rating: 5 out of 5 I wonder how I’ve only come up against Yoshikawa Eiji now. To be truthful, I used to read far…

May 16, 2024

Review: Shogun, James Clavell

Rating: 5 out of 5 This was not the first time I read ‘Shogun’, but unlike some other novels by Mr Clavell, I haven’t…

May 13, 2024

Arvustus: Kuidas saavutada finantsvabadus, Kristi Saare

Hinnang: 3 / 5 Mulle jäi mõneti selgusetuks selle raamatu eesmärk. Lugejal on teada selle nimi, kuid kogu teose sisu pannakse konteksti lõppsõnas: millal…

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