Dan Simmons: Song of Kali

I wanted to read Dan Simmons' book Song of Kali (affiliate link) only because one of my cats was named Kali.

In the book an author goes to India to retrieve a manuscript of a poet who has been presumed dead. Easier said than done. Of course, the family has to be dragged along to get some nice plot twists.

The evil Kali has her own, deadly cult. Kali demands, and Kali takes.

A rather racist book, even in my opinion. India is a dirty and disgusting place, the next step from hell.

This book accompanied me on a train ride. I skipped a lot of the text. I don't recommend Song of Kali to anyone.

 

 

Lisa Jewell: Invisible Girl

I hadn't read anything by Lisa Jewell before. Invisible Girl (affiliate link) is about 17-year-old Saffyre, who had a terrible experience as a child. When her long-time therapist ends the relationship, she feels left with nothing. Then Saffyre disappears. Who is to blame?

The book started off pretty slow, but it kept me in its grip after that.

 

 

Beware of spoilers!!

 

There are surprisinglt many men who mistreat women in the same neighborhood.

The ending of the incel man is unbelievable. Yes, he now realizes what he has done and thought wrong, and everything is forgiven.

 

 

Book Review: Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall

Clare Leslie Hall's Broken Country (affiliate link) has been a bestseller and phenomenon, as has the similar book Where the Crawdads Sing.

Family drama on a farm

Beth runs a farm with her husband Frank. In her past, she had a first love with Gabriel, a boy from the same village who became a successful playboy writer. When Gabriel returns to the village with his son, old wounds open up. Then something terrible happens. Who is to blame?

Once again, much ado about nothing. This is supposed to be a thriller, but I don't think it is.

Watch out for some SPOILERS below the picture.

 

 

Are there really people like Frank? Who happily let people shit on them, over and over again?

And what's the point of humanity forcing itself into monogamy? If it's not inherently so, why let yourself be brainwashed and forced into it? I always wonder the same thing in soap operas, for example.

Right at the beginning of the book, lambs and a dog are killed. If you can't stand animals dying, don't read this book.

 

Gu Byeong-Mo: The Old Woman with the Knife

The Old Woman with the Knife (affiliate link) is about a 65-year-old female assassin. The book is promised to be a "stunningly exciting action thriller".

Yeah, no. The book focuses on the boring everyday life of an assassin working under the pseudonym Hornclaw and the ailments of old age. The idea of ​​the book is better than its execution.

That there is supposedly an entire industry and numerous offices in Korea for assassins, who have lots of assignments. How many people do they kill in Korea every day without the murderers getting caught? Quite a lot, I see.

And the fact that the 65-year-old is supposedly so old and frail that she doesn't even remember to feed her dog? Yeah, no.