leontyna's reviews
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I hated how vulgar it was, maybe there is a reason for it but the main characters were awful.

Style-weise it was a very readable book, theme-wise though it was really tough. I wasn't mentally prepared for reading about such awful family dynamic. The most heartbreaking part was the parentification of the kid. At the same time parts of mother's story we're hard not to empathize with.

Highly improbable but cute story, I liked the lighthouse keeper character, the ending not so much.

I wasn't wowed by the collection, its most interesting part is the title. But as a kind of poetic family history it works well, I just look for more universal stories in the poetry than that.

I didn't know much about Lebanon before picking up this book so I learned a lot and researched a bit out of curiosity as well. The book itself is very well done, I feel that the colour scheme works well with the subject matter, especially since most of the plot happens in a dark room. Some of the events are so unimaginable to me, since I've never experienced war first hand, it was absolutely astounding how people cope with that and try to get used to the most terrifying circumstances.

It was a fun idea for a comic, but I haven't learned anything (probably to be expected since I indirectly work with translations). It would be a good intro for people who haven't heard much about the process.

The concept of this city is very interesting but in audio form the book was very hard to follow for me, I kept getting lost in what's happening. Maybe I'll reread it someday in paper form.

It was such an emotional and beautifully drawn story. The topic of getting old is rarely approached so honestly.
I think my favourite part was the memory about catching a cloud.

Omg it was such a pain to get through. Sturm und Drang literature is not for me. I know a bit about the Bible and the ancient history and myths but the density of the mentions of those and the tone of the play was unbearable at times.
One benefit of reading it is that I learned what parts Mickiewicz plagiarised xd

It was a very nostalgic read. Despite the age gap between me and the interviewees I basically read many of the same books as them, some in the same editions even. I loved that the covers and illustrations were included, it made reading it a much richer experience.
One thing that I would get rid of was the series of questions at the title page of each person, their answers made me roll my eyes so hard. Do they really expect me to believe that someone's beloved author is Marcel Proust? Or that they biggest dream is world peace? Cmon
Other than that a wonderful read.