Review: Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives

Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



A funny well written collection of short stories about the afterlife, 40 hilariously written versions of how the world see on the afterlife. A great book which amused me from beginning to end, Eagleman is a great and clever writer and Sum is a book everyone will enjoy!



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Review: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



I utterly loved this play, never seen the film , but now I have to and. I could really see Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman as the obsessive wife and the drunken husband struggling with marital issues. A beautifully written story with characters that are so well rounded that it's hard to grip that the story is actually quite short, way too short if you ask me, I want to know what happens after, I want to know what Brick actually felt for the friend he lost, I want to know how Maggie wound up, about Big Daddy about everything. An amazing play which probably wouldn't have been as good if we did find out all those things.



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Review: Casino Royale

Casino Royale by Ian Fleming

My rating: 3 of 5 stars



I would have given this book a higher grade if it wouldn't have been for the unbelievably sexist view on women, well I guess I always knew the Bond series was a little like that from watching the movies but the book was So much more evident on his view on women and their capability on doing a 'man's' job. However, it was a great story and as said I am a huge bond-fan, always been, so I enjoyed reading the material that became the movies and Fleming is a great writer... but yeah, seeing how women are portrayed through his eyes on paper was more evident than I thought.






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Review: Breakfast at Tiffany's

Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



I completely loved it, even though it is a mere 100+ pages I fell for Holly's character right away and I really wish the novel was longer.



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Review: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams

My rating: 4 of 5 stars







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Review: The Dwarf

The Dwarf by Pär Lagerkvist

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



A truly AMAZING novel from master writer Pär Lagerkvist. It is probably the best Swedish book I have ever read after Doctor Glas. A beautifully written eerie story with a haunting narrative from a Dwarf working in renaissance Italy for a Monarch who uses him for his evil deeds. A true classic which I recommend everyone to read.



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