Reviews and Comments
Some favorite relatively recently read authors: Siri Hustvedt, Zadie Smith, Nick Hornby, Susanna Clarke, Jhumpa Lahiri, Kazuo Ishiguro, Rachel Cusk, Jessie Burton, Jenny Colgan, Jojo Moyes, Hiromi Kawakami, Eka Kurniawan.
This link opens in a pop-up window
Heikki rated Christmas on the Island: 3 stars
Heikki rated The Endless Beach: 4 stars
The Endless Beach by Jenny Colgan
When Flora MacKenzie traded her glum career in London for the remote Scottish island of Mure, she never dreamed that …
Heikki rated Cafe by the Sea: 4 stars
Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution by R.F. Kuang
From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal retort to …
The years by Virginia Woolf (The Definitive collected edition of the novels of Virginia Woolf)
A stirring, straightforward work written near the end of her luminous career, Virginia Woolf's The Years is a portrait of …
Heikki rated Ancillary Mercy: 3 stars
Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch, #3)
For just a moment, things seem to be under control for the soldier known as Breq.
Then a search …
Heikki rated Ancillary Sword: 3 stars
Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch, #2)
Seeking atonement for past crimes, Breq takes on a mission as captain of a troublesome new crew of Radchai soldiers, …
Heikki rated Ancillary Justice: 4 stars
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch, #1)
On a remote, icy planet, the soldier known as Breq is drawing closer to completing her quest.
Breq is …
Heikki rated People Person: 4 stars
Heikki rated Stalker-vuodet: 2 stars
Stalker-vuodet
Vuonna 1974 opiskelija Tampereen yliopistosta määrätään raportoimaan entisten koulutoveriensa elämästä ja poliittisista asenteista. Tuntuu hyvältä olla osa jotakin suurta. Mutta …
Heikki rated The Secret to Superhuman Strength: 5 stars
The Secret to Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel, Alison Bechdel
From the author of Fun Home, a profound graphic memoir of Bechdel's lifelong love affair with exercise, set against …
Heikki rated Aamuruskoja ja uusia alkuja: 4 stars
Heikki rated The City of Woven Streets: 3 stars
The City of Woven Streets by Emmi Itäranta
The City of Woven Streets, also known as The Weaver, is the second novel by Finnish author Emmi Itäranta, published …
Heikki rated City of Illusions: 4 stars
Ursula K. Le Guin: City of Illusions (1967)
City of Illusions by Ursula K. Le Guin
City of Illusions is a 1967 science fiction novel by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin. It is set on …