The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden Lib/E (CD-Audio)

from Andrew-theQM

This was a patchy book, there were parts where it was very enjoyable and other parts where it dragged. Certainly the weakest of the three I have read by this author but overall not sorry I read it. It still had the quirkiness of the other two books, and like with the Hundred Year Old Man it portr...

from BoundTogetherForGood

This is the second novel by Jonas Jonasson. I enjoyed this one more than his first. The novel opens on a young girl in South Africa, named Nombeko. Her life is full of challenges. She, however, is an optimist, and a survivor. The story follows her from South Africa to Sweden. Along the way she me...

from readingwithtea

"The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits." Nombeko, born into Soweto's slums, uses her prodigious mathematical ability to rise out of the latrine sanitation management position she has achieved by age 14, and has the misfortune to be run over by a very drunk nucl...

from koanmi

In einem Satz zusammengefasst, die auch den "Hundertjährigen" gelesen haben: "More of the same". Das ist jetzt nicht wirklich schlecht, weil Jonasson eloquent und witzig zu schreiben weiß und sein teilweise irrealer Plot überrascht ebenso wie zum Schmunzeln anregt. Diesmal reist ein kleines Mädch...

from scot2

A very cleverly written book. It addresses aparteid, sexism and other issues in a very amusing way. I have left it aside for the moment as I find it a little too silly to concentrate on at the moment. I think I need something a bit more serious. However I urge others to give it a go as it is wort...