Sara's reading log

I am a book hoarder and reader. My main genre is SF, but I also love magic realism, fantasy and general fiction. Favorite authors are Iain M. Banks, Ursula K. LeGuin, Haruki Murakami, José Saramago, Isaac Asimov, Ben Aaronovitch and more. My rating system is based on five stars. I rate books based on my expectations and what a books aims to be. This means that the brilliant 'Fahrenheit 451' gets five stars because I thought it would be good, people said it was good, and it was good, but 'A Closed and Common Orbit' also gets five stars because in its series, in its style, I really enjoyed it and was not disappointed.

Oeroeg by Hella Haasse

  • Started on: 2011-04-11
  • Finished on: 2011-04-11
  • Read in: Dutch
  • Rating: ***–
  • Genre(s): General Fiction

The story of a Dutch boy, born on a tea plantation on Java, and his friendship with the son of one of Indonesian staff. The book tells the story of them growing up together, from the point of view of the Dutch boy. He doesn’t realize how different society, both the white and Indonesian, treats them. They go to separate schools, have different career options, and slowly grow apart. They relate to each other less and less, while in the background Indonesians want to become independent from the Dutch. Short but very nice book.

  • Started on: 2011-04-11
  • Finished on: 2011-04-11
  • Read in: Dutch
  • Rating: ***–
  • Genre(s): General Fiction

The story of a Dutch boy, born on a tea plantation on Java, and his friendship with the son of one of Indonesian staff. The book tells the story of them growing up together, from the point of view of the Dutch boy. He doesn’t realize how different society, both the white and Indonesian, treats them. They go to separate schools, have different career options, and slowly grow apart. They relate to each other less and less, while in the background Indonesians want to become independent from the Dutch. Short but very nice book.