Das große Spiel
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Kunst, Zauber und die Frage, was ist wahr und bedeutsam für das Leben. In Montverre, einer altehrwürdigen Eliteschule, werden die besten Köpfe ausgebildet – für das große Spiel, eine geheimnisvolle Kombination von Musik, Kunst, Poesie und Philosophie. Léo Martin war einst an dieser Schule, bevor er in die Politik ging und scheiterte. Nun ist er zurück, gewissermaßen im Exil, das man ihm auferlegt hat. Einst eine Bastion der Männer, steht nun eine Frau an der Spitze: Claire Dryden ist die Meisterin des großen Spiels. Zu Beginn fühlt sich Léo zu ihr hingezogen, doch je mehr sich die Nacht des großen Spiels nähert, desto unheimlicher und gefährlicher scheint sie ihm zu sein. Vor allem, als er ihrem Geheimnis nahekommt Ein wunderbar atmosphärischer Roman – nachempfunden dem »Glasperlenspiel« von Hermann Hesse.
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okay i will keep this short: the book has already one subplot that made me go huh. yep it's the fact that suddenly christians are the ones being persecuted in this undefined setting - in a very similar manner to how the jews were persecuted in germany in the 1930s. there are in general way too many similarities to the weimar republic/the third reich. what is even going on??? and why would you put christians in that place instead? it just feels like the author picked a real life event that affected so many people and decided you know what i want this for my historical fantasy novel but lemme just ignore that the people who actually suffered were jewish people. it feels gross to me and unnecessary. i dont know if there is a point to it in the end but i am also tired of authors using the shoa as “inspiration” like this.
now, since i was starting to become a bit skeptical of what was going on in this book i also decided to look up the ending and boy oh boy, paired with the fact that the author has liked transphobic tweets in the past that confirmed that she is a terf... this is not something that i want to read. no thank you. goodbye, this isnt worth my time or my nerves
