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Dina:
I did not like the first chapters too much, they seemed...like postcards, separated from each other. But as the book become more integrated, it was much better.
I am so glad you had fun with your nieces  :).

@Regen, it is true that tastes change with time. The Name of the Rose was perfect for me at the time, perhaps if I had never heard of it and I would find it now I wouldn't like it. Who knows? And about your books, I was not criticizing its quality, only saying that I am awful reading Scottish accent.
And I totally agree with you, it is very important for me to like the main character (or at least one of them)

Regenbogen:
@Dina
Oh, I didn't take it as critique. I was surprised I enjoy it so much. I've tried the other two series by him. But I stopped reading both, because one was too dark and the other too funny. Weird. But not bad, just not what I needed at that time.
I also stopped reading the police story, because the main character is an asshole. LOL. I think I will rather watch the movies, because you don't have to listen into his head. Then it is funny.

@ Fcrate:
Peace Talks:
For me especially the parts of Harry (click to show/hide) interacting with Maggie and Harry talking about being a dad felt very real. But I didn't like (click to show/hide)the fights with Ebenezar.
And Murphy cutting off her casts and walking around and taking action, because if you have been immobilized for so long, you don't just get up and move around. All the muscles have to be rebuilt and that takes time and is exhausting. It's not about pain, but about weakness of muscles that have not been used for a long time. I didn't like that.But otherwise the book was great.
 Tomorrow there will be the first chapter of Battle Ground online, but I will try not to look, because I haven't finished Ink&Sigil yet. I hope I can do it. Wish me strength of will. ;)

Dina:
First of all, be strong! You can do it! (I don't know what I will do myself) Seriously, I know you can.

I agree with what you said about PT. And about the police story, now I am curious. What movies?

Regenbogen:

--- Quote from: Dina on September 01, 2020, 04:15:47 AM --- And about the police story, now I am curious. What movies?

--- End quote ---

They made movies from the first 2 or 3 books.
Reading them is not easy. They are written in dialect and the grammar is not correct, meaning the whole book is a first person narration and it feels like the guy is sitting beside you telling his life story. Exactly how someone from a really small village somewhere in the country would talk. That was funny at first, but a whole book written like this was getting on my nerves. Especially because I know people like that and I tend to slip away before they can talk too much.
My husband and I watched one of the movies a few months ago. That was the reason why I tried the book. Before I didn't want to read it, because the people recommending it had a completely different taste in books than me. Especially my mother. LOL. I have learned that if my mother really likes a book, it is best for me to not read it. There are exceptions, but they are rare, and even then these are books that are OK to get through but I don't really like them. So we were surprised the movie was so funny.


https://m.imdb.com/title/tt4129876/
That's the one I tried to read.

And this is the first one. There is more info:
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt2969050/plotsummary?ref_=m_tt_ov_pl

Edit: I have looked. There are no English subtitles. You can have German ones. That makes sense, because someone from the north or east of Germany might have difficulties in understanding.

Dina:
Ah, thanks for the info. Of course, I won't be able to watch it, as I don't speak German.

Which reminds me, a trivia about me. I actually learnt a few German words in kindergarten, as I went to a "German" school. Meaning, it was founded by German people and even when the classes were "normal" in Spanish, all the normal subjects, they taught you German too. In kinder, only a few words, it was supposed to be very good in primary and secondary, but I only went there for kinder.

Still not sure if reading the chapters, because they are 2 of them

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