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 13th Witch |
| author | Mark Hayden |
| ISBN-10 | 1-999-82121-1 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-999-82121-0 |
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| date | 2020-Dec-30 |
Getting a text message out of the blue from somebody you don't know is not unheard of. But from somebody who claims to be a god? Conrad Clark, does, not just once. When he meets the sender of the text messages, he is not quite sure whether to believe he met a god or not. But Conrad is in for many more hard to believe surprises, including surprises in his own abilities. His core abilities, though, gained as a former RAF pilot, are strong and steady. Luckily, because he really needs them to fulfil the task he's given.
This is the first book in a whole series. It is written from the perspective of Conrad Clark (first-person narration). There are lots of British colloquial expressions used throughout the text. So, even though the meaning can usually be guessed from the context, if you aren't a native British speaker, you might want to keep a dictionary handy to look up and learn some of those words. The text is easy enough to be understood by non-native English speakers.
Basically, the storyline is straightforward and not too difficult, but there definitely are enough twists and unexpected turns to make it unpredictable. Unfortunately, not only some of the paths the story takes are unclear, but also some conclusions Conrad comes to. From time to time it feels a bit sudden and the reader is left wondering "Why the heck would our hero think of this?" From what happens in this book, I get the feeling that lots of things happening here and many characters introduced, will be popping up again in the following books.
