A list with short impressions of the books I have read in 2024 - Pt 1. Have you read/heard of some of these? Opinions?
1. Man named Ove - Frederick Buckman 5/5⭐, favourite.
I struggled a bit at the beginning, not really sure why, but ended up enjoying it and loving so much! It lefta a warm and cozy feeling. Movie is also good.
2. Dali & I: The Surreal Story - Stan Lauryssens 3/5⭐
Not really sure if it is a biography or fiction, it left me unimpressed. Would watch a movie, it's announced but it seems like it's not going to happen.
3. Nobody is forgotten and we don't remember anything - Mirjana Drljevic 5/5⭐, favourite.
This one still isn't available in English but I had to share it here since it's so good. The author won the contest for young unpublished writers. The story is a crime mystery with a dash of magic realism and every detail fall into it's place by the end.
4. Ecstasy - Irvine Welsh 3/5⭐
I would probably enjoy this one more in my teen years. It seems to me that Irvine is trying to hard to shock us.
5. Konstantin - Tom Bullough 3/5⭐
Translation that I have picked was very poor, the ends kinda abruptly, but the setting is very poetic. The book is romanticised biography of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian rocket scientist who pioneered astronautics.