Once, when I picked up a book from the local library, the librarian asked to tell her what I thought about the book when I would bring it back. Well, why not write a few lines about all the books I read so everybody could see what I thought about it? I'm often also happy to have friends recommend a certain book or tell me this and that is not really worth reading. I won't comment about the tons of books I have read so far, but about books I read from now on.
| highly recommended | sehr empfohlen | |
| good reading | gutes lesematerial | |
| average | durchschnittlich | |
| not too interesting | nicht allzu interessant | |
| recommended not to read it | empfehlung das buch nicht zu lesen |
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| title | The Finisher |
| author | David Baldacci |
| ISBN-10 | 1-447-26300-6 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-447-26300-5 |
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| date | 2016-Mar-02 |
Baldacci is mostly known for his thrillers. I saw this book and the cover did simply not fit a thriller, thus did not fit the usual Baldacci. It looked much more like something from the fantasy genre. When I picked the book up, indeed, it was a fantasy book. This got me even more interested, wanting to see how good Baldacci stands up to this.
Vega Jane is a Wugmort. Wugmorts live in Wormwood Village and never ever venture beyond their village. Never. Ever. Except maybe that one individual, Vega might have seen. But that would be suicide, wouldn't it? Everything Vega had ever been taught about Wugs, Wormwood Village and the Quag surrounding the village, starts to collapse; definitely not for every Wug, but for Vega, who is ever suspicious, wondering, wanting to know and thinking independently rather than simply accepting everything she's told...
Indeed, Baldacci succeeded in writing a very good fantasy book, which kept me reading and reading. Much recommend. (So why not five stars? For me, four stars means really good and five stars is reserved for extraordinary.)
