• Book Reviews,  Nonfiction

    Alexander McQueen by Andrew Bolton

    10th August 2018
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    Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty by Andrew Bolton with contributions by Tim Blanks, Susannah Frankel

    My collections have always been autobiographical, […].

    This book is incredibly stunning. Amazed by how intuitively precise McQueen was with his work, I find the stills in this book even more breath-taking. It was a similar awing experience to glimpse one of his designs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fifth Avenue, several days ago.

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    A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver

    3rd August 2018
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    A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver

    I feel guilty for rating it 2 stars. While the thoughts and observance of nature are quite impressive, I have zero connection with Mary’s words. There are still a few lines here and there that I really liked, and I am happy that I had decided to pick up this book to read. However, while the praises for both this book and the poet are high, it is definitely not something that truly calls to me.

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    Unfu*k Yourself by Gary John Bishop

    27th July 2018
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    Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and into Your Life by Gary John Bishop

    I lost it near the end of the book: promotion of the author’s fucking money-costing program. Seriously? This is a 200+-page book and when I was about to finish reading, I realised it was some kind of goddamn ad brochure. Might have been a 2-star if not for the infuriating closing.

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    Forty Autumns by Nina Willner

    13th July 2018
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    Forty Autumns: A Family’s Story of Courage and Survival on Both Sides of the Berlin Wall by Nina Willner

    This book is amazing! Written as a memoir and unlike historic textbooks, Nina gave her readers an insight of what life in East Germany was like with an intimate approach. We follow her family story as her mother, Hanna, fled East Germany in hopes of being free, and how Oma and the others dealt with their life behind the Iron Curtains. The book is very sad and depressing but has a happy ending. I cannot recall how many times I’ve cried reading on subways, in coffee shops, and once on a plane over East China Sea. Forty Autumns is emotionally compelling and very enthralling. All the personal stories of Nina’s family members were all very dramatic, making the book even more interesting than plain memoirs.

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