I have #mecfs so I have a lot of time for reading, mostly #fantasy and #SciFi but I'm happy to dip into nearly anything.
Ratings: 1 star: I didn't like it 2 stars: it was okay 3 stars: I liked it 4 stars: I really liked it 5 stars: it was brilliant
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From the acclaimed author who enthralled the world with Exodus, Battle Cry, QB VII, Topaz, …
Captures the first crack in the English colonial project, in Ireland. Very accessible history, if one-sided. The heroic protagonist is too good at everything, and the ending is awkwardly sudden. Poor bastards.
Yeongdo, Korea 1911. In a small fishing village on the banks of the East Sea, …
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(3 stars = I liked it)
A Korean family struggles under Japanese occupation & emigration. A worthwhile & revealing history, but like a gambler doesn't know when to stop. Perfectly executes a stunning jaw-dropping moment!
Yeongdo, Korea 1911. In a small fishing village on the banks of the East Sea, a club-footed, cleft-lipped man marries …
Yeongdo, Korea 1911. In a small fishing village on the banks of the East Sea, …
Content warning vague spoiler
(3 stars = I liked it)
A Korean family struggles under Japanese occupation & emigration. A worthwhile & revealing history, but like a gambler doesn't know when to stop. Perfectly executes a stunning jaw-dropping moment!