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by The Jackal » Mon Feb 11, 2019 11:12 pm
Held off on updates as I was the only one doing so for a time ¬_¬
Babylon Berlin was very good, and I do hope that they've translated more into English. Couldn't possibly recommend the show based on it, but if it keeps to the storyline and portrays the period in the same way, then certainly give it a go.
I then went into Bomber by Len Deighton. This is one of those books I've been meaning to read forever. In short, it's a story told over 24 hours from the POV of an RAF bomber crew, various figures on their base and neighbouring village, and a night-fighter pilot, radar controller, and numerous civilians in a small town in Germany.
I really enjoyed it for the first three-quarters. After this, I wanted to cry and go for a breather and a cigarette. Deighton really knows how to get you invested into multiple characters, and then tear them away from you. While you're trying to figure out why we can't have nice things, and why it feels like you should never read another novel so as to prevent another fictional death, Deighton manages to depict some very poignant points about the bomber war, as could be discerned in 1970.
Staggering out of this, I curled up into Metro 2035 (by Dmitri Glukhovsky) both to finish the trilogy and in case I get to play Metro Exodus. Enjoying it so far, but my version is printed by Amazon (I don't know if they all are, but...) and the formatting is jarring at first - for instance, some names have a CapitaL LetteR at the start and end, for some reason, and the speech-marks will start here," instead of here, "which can be a pain to follow."
Mighty Horse Rocks The Fat Ass.