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22% complete! reading crustacean has read 11 of 50 books.

Charlie Jane Anders: All the Birds in the Sky (2016, Titan Books Limited)

Patricia is a witch who can communicate with animals. Laurence is a mad scientist and …

creative and fun

set against the backdrop of climate change and ecocide, with cool characters, and a nice conflict between witchcraft and science. i really like that the book doesn't take itself too seriously, even though it is dealing with the big questions. also, there were some really fresh ideas. i really loved that it's in between a young adult and truly-adult book. i loved the friendship between the main characters but i really HATED that it turned into a love story. otherwise this might have been 4 or 5 stars for me.

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Mithu M. Sanyal: Identitti (Hardcover, German language, 2021, Carl Hanser Verlag)

Was für ein Skandal: Prof. Dr. Saraswati ist WEISS! Schlimmer geht es nicht. Denn die …

Wie ich das Buch wahrgenommen habe

Ich wusste vor dem Lesen nicht so recht, was mich erwarten würde, habe es wegen der Reviews hier dann aber doch angefangen und bin schwer begeistert von der Art, wie hier so viele Fragen rund um Identität halbwegs niedrigschwellig behandeln werden, ohne dass es sich wie ein Sachbuch liest. Kann es nur empfehlen.