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Tainaron: Mail from Another City, by Leena Krohn, Inari Krohn, Hildi Hawkins

myrymayranen's review against another edition

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mysterious reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

elenavarg's review against another edition

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4.0

Sain tämän joululahjaksi anopilta, jolle annoimme kumppanin kanssa Kazuo Ishiguron ”Klara ja aurinko”-romaanin. Pääsin siis vaihtamaan hyvän kirjan toiseen hyvään kirjaan! Kiva aloittaa vuosi näin.

Krohnin tapa kirjoittaa on todella lyyrinen ja rönsyilevä, mutta hänen kuvaamansa hahmot ja ympäristöt rakentuvat silti hyvin konkreettisiksi ja aidoiksi lukiessani. Kirjan kuvituksena olevat grafiikan vedokset ovat täydellinen lisä luomaan tunnelmaa ja kuvaamaan tainaronilaisia heidän hyönteismäisessä loistossaan.

rakkaussipsi's review against another edition

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challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

hildegardia's review against another edition

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5.0

Kirja, jonka olisi toisaalta tahtonut ahmaista kerralla loppuun ja toisaalta laittaa takaisin hyllyyn ettei se koskaan loppuisi, että aina olisi hieman Tainaronia jäljellä.

tregina's review against another edition

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5.0

I am completely fascinated by this book. It's about a human living on a city populated by insects, but as much as the city is a vivid character in the book it's not about the city but about the narrator, about the ways in which they engage with this world and the relationships they form and the relationship to the one they left back home, to whom they write these thirty letters and never receive a reply. Some of the letters seem to exist almost as pure, complex metaphor, and some—most, really—share the melancholy and strangeness and joy of this new home they have come to. Not only do I want to read it again, but I need to read it again, because there's so much packed into it I can't possibly have gotten it all on first reading.

alex2739's review against another edition

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5.0

Είχα πολύ καιρό να διαβάσω ένα βιβλίο για το οποίο δεν είχα ακούσει τίποτα μέχρι να το αντικρίσει η ματιά μου, καθώς ταξίδευε στα ράφια της βιβλιοθήκης. Ένα προαίσθημα -ίσως- με τράβηξε να το επιλέξω και χαίρομαι για αυτό.
Το συγκεκριμένο βιβλίο περιλαμβάνει δύο βιβλία που το καθένα ξεχωρίζει με τον δικό του τρόπο. Μου άρεσε ο τρόπος που περιγράφει τα πράγματα η συγγραφέας, τους δίνει ένα ιδιαίτερο φως, το οποίο με τη σειρά του σε βάζει σε σκέψεις, ονειροπολήσεις, ανησυχίες.
Αδύνατο το να επιλέξω ένα μόνο απόσπασμα να παραθέσω στην ‘κριτική’ αυτή, οπότε θα πω μόνο ότι αξίζει να διαβαστεί, ειδικά από όποιο θα ήθελε μία ανάσα από την καθημερινότητα.

’Ότι εμείς σκορπίζουμε τις λέξεις ολόγυρά μας για να μην μπορεί να μας κοιτάζει το μάτι της πραγματικότητας! Άδικος κόπος!’

funeraryarts's review

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challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

4.0

maria_ionela's review

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mysterious reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A

5.0

depablos's review

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inspiring reflective relaxing fast-paced

4.5

beckyramone's review

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4.0

I ended up liking this much more that I thought I would when I started it. It's in letter format, someone writing to a former lover from Tainaron, a city unlike any other. It's full of insects. I love anthropomorphizing, well, pretty much everything. There's no real overarching plot or story here, just lovely descriptions of the narrator meeting her neighbors and other residents, describing the scenery and how the city works. My favorite section is probably when the narrator is invited to a dinner party with a queen who requests a story from each guest for payment. This book is incredibly weird and beautiful.