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Lunakay
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🖤🤍🖤 8h
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charl08
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You, the gentrifier, have now been gentrified.... once every ten years, you should have a reunion and bitterly reminisce, clutching your paper cups of Moscow mule and growling about how this town's landlords and businesses put cash before community. At the end of the evening you should stand in a long line, in the order that your spending powers evolved to claim the city

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anushareflects
Kairos: Roman | Jenny Erpenbeck
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A love affair that goes sour against the backdrop of the tumult of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The landscape of their relationship is mirrored in the political landscape of the time - tense, contentious, fragile, and fractured. Definitely a unique read and was wholly engaging. The writing style is engrossing.

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RowReads1
After Midnight | Irmgard Keun
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charl08
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Before they leave, you meet them for coffee and you understand then that they were always wary of Berlin, that they never committed themselves to a city that in turn never really committed to them. For all the talk of people ignoring each other at the end of relationships, it's Berlin which is the true ghost, drawing you in with a flurry of wild promises, and then abruptly losing interest.

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arlenefinnigan
Good Girl: A Novel | Aria Aber
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This is a hell of an intense book. The protagonist, Nila - as she likes to be known, not by her full first name, Nilab - is grieving her mother and uncomfortable with her Afghan identity in a city where racist attacks and neo-Nazis are on the rise, and she seeks solace/oblivion in the hedonism of the Berlin techno scene.

arlenefinnigan Both her self-destructive impulses and her artistic nature draw her to Marlowe, who is a piece of shit washed-up 'writer'. This book is brilliantly, vividly written, and I found myself rooting for Nila. 1w
TrishB Great review 👍🏻 1w
arlenefinnigan @TrishB it's a great book. Not an easy feelgood read though! 1w
Reggie Oooof sounds tough. Stacked! 1w
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JHSiess
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📖 𝑩𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘👩‍🍼

𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐜𝐡 by 𝐉𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧 is a fascinating, horrifying tale informed by extensive research & featuring actual historical figures/settings depicting the Nazi Lebensborn breeding program. It's another gripping depiction of World War II-era terror, & the bravery & heroism exhibited by women. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸: https://tinyurl.com/4e25nuyu

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SqueakyChu
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This is my current read. My husband asked me if it‘s not too depressing to read. I replied that it‘s deeply sad, but what depresses me now is the current situation in my country (USA). I‘m reading this book as the history it is.

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arlenefinnigan
Good Girl: A Novel | Aria Aber
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Library reservation came in early

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monkeygirlsmama
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Inspired by people and events of history, The Sunflower House was not in and of itself a piece of non-fiction. Despite reading as such, it was infact just a really good novel. I highly recommend the #audiobook.

4.5 ⭐

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