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text 2020-03-01 13:36
Alias Grace
Alias Grace - Margaret Atwood

Nachdem ich strickenderweise meiner Netflix Sucht verfallen bin und Alias Grace inhaliert habe, hatte ich nicht übel Lust das Buch noch einmal zu lesen. Ich konnte mich zwar an manche Dinge erinnern, aber da mein Gedächtnis die Beschaffenheit eines Siebes hat, gab es viel "neu" zu entdecken. Außerdem habe ich das Buch als Kind aus dem Bücherregal meiner Eltern gemopst und schau einer guck, es macht tatsächlich einen Unterschied wie alt man bei der Lektüre ist. Ich bin mir ziemlich sicher, dass mir Passagen dieser Art vollkommen entgangen sind: 

He was very annoyed, and said I must stop at once, or he would slap my face for me; but he did not. What I had said had cooled his ardour, as they say in the books; or as Mary Whitney would say, he'd mislaid his poker. For at that moment Mr. Kinnear, dead as he was, was the stiffer man of the two of them. p.331

 

Abgesehen von wenigen, etwas langatmigeren Stellen, mochte ich das Buch gerne. Es gefällt mir, dass wir die Geschichte hauptsächlich aus Grace Perspektive hören, die definitiv nicht auf den Kopf gefallen ist. Allerdings lässt sich Atwood am Anfang sehr viel Zeit die Geschehnisse darzustellen, was das Ende des Buches sehr abrupt kommen lässt. Jeremiah the Peddler ist einer meiner liebsten Charakter, da bodenständig und mit seinen Ansichten sehr ehrlich bzw. klar obwohl er genau das Gegenteil zu seinem Beruf macht. Aber leider erfahren wir am Ende nicht mehr sehr viel über seine Beweggründe. Vom eigentlichen Geschehen unabhängig auch schön einen Blick hinter die Kulissen des Lebens zu erhalten - nebst Haushalttipps von Grace... 

 

Die Moral die Grace aus der Geschichte zieht, finde ich sehr aktuell.  

It is not the culprits who need to be forgiven; rather the victims, because they are the ones who cause all the trouble. If they were only less weak and careless, and more foresightful, and if they would keep from blundering into difficulties, thinks of all the sorrow in the world that would be spared. p.457

 

Das hört man ja leider immer noch zu oft, dass nicht der Täter, sondern das Opfer Schuld ist an seinen Missständen. Frei nach dem Motto: "Hättest du mal aufgepasst, dann wäre dir das auch nicht passiert.". Wie furchtbar, das ist doch keine Rechtfertigung!

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text 2019-10-02 17:47
My September 2019
Jessica Jones: Alias Vol. 2 - Michael Gaydos,David Mack,Brian Michael Bendis
Jessica Jones: Alias Vol. 3 - Michael Gaydos,Brian Michael Bendis
Rat Queens, Vol. 1: Sass & Sorcery - Kurtis J. Wiebe,Roc Upchurch
salt. - Nayyirah Waheed
Through the Woods - Emily Carroll
We Should All Be Feminists - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Sun and Her Flowers - rupi kaur
Chase Darkness with Me: How One True-Crime Writer Started Solving Murders - Billy Jensen
Jessica Jones: Alias Vol. 2 - 4 stars
Jessica Jones: Alias Vol. 3 - 4.5 stars
Rat Queens, Vol. 1: Sass & Sorcery - 5 stars
salt. - 5 stars
Through the Woods - 5 stars
We Should All Be Feminists - 5 stars (reread)
The Sun and Her Flowers - 5 stars
Chase Darkness with Me: How One True-Crime Writer Started Solving Murders - 5 stars

 

Favorite book(s) of the month:

e v e r y t h i n g

 

Books started this month but haven't finished yet:

Still, Tote Asche, If I'm Being Honest, Just One of the Royals, Das Spiel

 

Random ramblings:

In the beginning of the month I felt a reading slump coming, so I did the only thing I could think of, ditched all the books I was currently reading and picked up some comics and poetry, and a tiny book I have already read before. And it worked. I went back to the other books after that and even though I didn't finish them, I actually got a good few pages read in them. So, I would say, I managed to avoid the reading slump.
I'm also now up to date on all the podcasts I listen to and have to wait for new episodes, so I actually have the time to pick up books LOL

 

 
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review 2019-09-10 15:01
Alias Vol. 3!!!
Jessica Jones: Alias Vol. 3 - Michael Gaydos,Brian Michael Bendis

SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO FREAKING GOOD.
I think that has been my favorite so far.

 
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review 2019-09-10 14:58
Alias Vol. 2!!!
Jessica Jones: Alias Vol. 2 - Michael Gaydos,David Mack,Brian Michael Bendis

I just love Jessica so much. I also really REALLY like the art style in these comics.

The story was amazing, I love that these comics aren't just one fight after another, that it's a bit of a slower comic.

 

I just enjoyed this A LOT!!!!

 
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text 2019-05-03 15:46
My April 2019
Saga, Volume 1 - Brian K. Vaughan,Fiona Staples
Saga, Volume 2 - Brian K. Vaughan,Fiona Staples
Im Bann des Zyklopen (Percy Jackson, #02) - Rick Riordan,Gabriele Haefs
Wie Sterne so golden (Luna-Chroniken, #3) - Marissa Meyer,Astrid Becker
Ms. Marvel Volume 1: No Normal - G. Willow Wilson,Adrian Alphona
Die Lüge - Mattias Edvardsson
Ms. Marvel, Vol. 2: Generation Why - Jacob Wyatt,G. Willow Wilson,Adrian Alphona
Jessica Jones: Alias Vol. 1 (Alias (2001-2003)) - Michael Gaydos,David Mack,Brian Michael Bendis,Bill Sienkiewicz
Saga, Volume 1 - 5 stars
Saga, Volume 2 - 5 stars
Im Bann des Zyklopen - 5 stars
Wie Sterne so golden - 5 stars
Ms. Marvel Volume 1: No Normal - 5 stars
Die Lüge - 5 stars
Ms. Marvel, Vol. 2: Generation Why - 5 stars
Jessica Jones: Alias Vol. 1 - 5 stars

 

Favorite book(s) of the month:

EVERYTHING

 

Books started this month but haven't finished yet:

Still, Elias & Laia - In den Fängen der Finsternis, Tote Asche, Moxie (reread)

 

Random ramblings:

Okay, but HOLY FUCKING SHIT.

I haven't realized how good of a reading month I had until I just put everything together for this wrap-up. 8 books. 4 of them reread. Yes, a lot of comics. BUT I seriously loved every single page I read this month. Every book is a five-star read. HOT DAMN. I'm impressed with myself and my reading choices.

 

 
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