A troubling but interesting book. So this is the story of Pedro who joins a private army at the age of fifteen after his father is killed (this is not a spoiler, I think it happened on the first page) by another private army in Colombia. What follows is his training and missions for the …
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Northern Lights by Philip Pullman
I wish I had read this a lot earlier as I imagine I would have enjoyed it even more. This is a very popular book but I was in my teens when it came out so that’s why I probably missed it. It tells the story of Lyra and her quest to rescue her friend …
The City & the City by China Mieville
A good if somewhat strange book. It’s basically a straight forward detective story apart from its location. It’s set in the twin cities of Beszel and Il Quoma. These are not two cities that sit across a river from each other but rather they co-exist alongside each other in the same geographical location. Some streets …
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