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Ship Fever: Stories by Andrea Barrett

supkevs's review

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challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

alrey's review against another edition

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informative reflective

4.0

savannaskye's review against another edition

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adventurous hopeful inspiring medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Andrea Barrett is such an underrated genius, and this book couldn't do more to prove it! She weaves nature so masterfully into each of her stories, making it not so much inanimate setting as it is a character itself. Beautiful, beautiful work. 

andreahewitt's review against another edition

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dark informative reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes

4.25

jarichan's review against another edition

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4.0

Bei mir aktuell auf Platz zwei von den drei gelesenen Bücher Barretts. In ihrem gewohnten Stil, der zwischen mitfühlend und sachlich tendiert, präsentiert die Autorin hier mehrere Geschichten, die alle im Bereich der Wissenschaften angesiedelt sind.

Dabei sind die Texte sehr unterschiedlich. Nicht nur, was die wissenschaftlichen Bereiche anbelangt, sondern auch bezüglich der Themen, Zeiten und Figuren. Dies macht nicht nur das Lesen abwechslungsreich, sondern zeigt auch das vielfältige Interesse Barretts. Persönlich haben mir die Geschichten mit historischem Hintergrund besser gefallen, als jene, die in der (näheren) Gegenwart spielen, da man bei diesen auch gleich noch etwas lernen kann.

Vor allem sticht natürlich das titelgebende Kapitel hervor, das das Publikum an unsere aktuelle Lage mit COVID und unseren Umgang damit erinnert.

"Schiffsfieber" ist somit eine abwechslungsreiche Sammlung, die nicht nur Wissen vermittelt, sondern es ebenfalls schafft, Gefühle und Emotionen zu wecken.

inkylabyrinth's review against another edition

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Struggling to finish; I will come back to this.

purplemuskogee's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional informative reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

These short stories were stunning! Most of them were set in the 19th century, and all had something to do with science. They were delightful, well-written and despite being short stories, I really found it easy to get immersed into them. Highly recommend. 

michelle_allen's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional informative reflective

4.0

disreputabledog's review

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

5.0

cgsunit's review against another edition

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challenging reflective

4.25