Nuclear war: a scenario, by Annie Jacobsen
C++ Software Engineer Big interest in OpenSource communities for years now. 20+ years linux user. But a newbies in fediverse, had heard about it before but needed the help of twitter (for mastodon) and reddit changes to give a real try. Also a fan of Stephen King books. Was fievel@vlemmy.net
Nuclear war: a scenario, by Annie Jacobsen
Thanks for the recommendation, I’ll take a look.
Just finished Nuclear war, a scenario by Annie Jacobsen. This nonfiction book about a fictional scenario about what a nuclear war would be really shaked me. I strongly recommend it. Read it in a few days because it was really gripping (ok this week have been a bit hard with the few sleep hours each night).
Not yet found what I’ll start reading now but something lighter for sure (perhaps a crime/mystery/thriller, has been long since I read a good one). If you have some recommendations, they are welcome.
The institute, by Stephen King
The gathering, by C.J. Tudor
Just finished The gathering, by C.J. Tudor. Really loved it, through a vampire fantasy novel, she achieved to approach very actual and important topics like euthanasia, genocide, fear of difference, tolerance and so on. One of her best novel in my opinion.
Restarted on my Tolkien cycle with The hobbit (of course a reread in English - read the French translation about 25 years ago).
Yes this is what is difficult, so many characters (and sometimes named differently based on the language). I had to use websites to help me keeping track.
Finished Into the water by Paula Hawkins. I would say that it’s not as gripping as I thought. What is as much a plus and a minus point is tge change of narrator every chapter. At first, I was pleased by this “not so usual” way of writing but at some point, I just got lost about who is who and I had to search a list of characters on the web. That’s perhaps because I had not a lot of time to read, so it took a while.
I started Behind her eyes by Sarah Pinborough. I know there is a Netflix show inspired by this but I prefer to read the novel first (or only we will see).