Stai tokia literatura as laikau sedevru. 25 metu vaikinas sukure nestigmatiziuota, neromantiskai nuslifuota ir nenuvalkiota zydiskos (zmogiskos) tragedijos situacija.

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Libby is called to serve as a juror and has to decide which passenger should survive along with other jurors. Then the public has to decide too. This is set in the future with driverless cars. You just program the car where to go and the car takes you there.

Two, why mastermind an act of revenge, against the system that not only cheated your family of a fortune but also was complicit in the death of three generations of the same family, when other innocent citizens' lives would be in peril? In addition, why those 8 passengers and what were the criteria for choosing them? More importantly, why did the author choose to eliminate, Bilquis and Shabana, the only POCs in the entire story? Did Marrs not understand the racial undertones surrounding that decision, especially in this Brexit nationalistic period, and considering there were several other white characters who could similarly have been eliminated. Thank you to Elisha at Penguin Publishing Group, Edelweiss, and John Marrs for an arc of this novel in exchange for an arc.

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This was a fast-paced wild ride full of twists, turns, and plenty of bumps in the road. I was right there with these characters in these cars, I could feel their panic and fear. I was also right there in that room trying to determine the fate of these characters. I can't even imagine determining whether someone should live or die? Part of the brilliance of this story was how the lives of these characters were revealed to us. It was so real and disturbing how my opinion was altered as each piece of information was shared. I was so invested in the story, I seriously could not put it down! And then that end! WHAT! BRAVO John Marrs! This is an absolute can't miss! Otto’s life - as with many Jews - were living in constant chronic fear —-DAY TO DAY feeling THREATENED —- NON-STOP HORRIFIC FEAR. Well…it certainly didn’t help matters that the Aryan community shunned and practically castigated the Jews—-by turning their BLIND EYES! The Passenger was fast paced, thrilling and terrifying all at the same time. The account presented by Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz gave a first hand account of how terrorizing it must have felt to be Jewish during the early rise of the Nazis and the start of Jewish persecution. This book was a remarkable and gripping discovery in the history of literature. Being based on the personal experiences and truths of the times and circumstances of the author, the reader was presented with a compelling, heartfelt and even humorous account of what it was like in those early days that followed The Night of Broken Glass. I highly recommend this book.John Marrs completely blew my mind with this exhilarating thriller! Eight passengers in eight separate driverless cars, all of them with secrets, none of them making it to their desired destination. Imagine you're in a driverless car you have no control, no brakes, no steering wheel, you can't even open the doors,and somebody has taken over the car. In 2 1/2 hours all eight of these cars will collide head on end it is up to a "jury" and the public to decide who will survive. Or imagine this you are trapped in a room on a jury of sorts and your job is to decide the fate of these eight strangers. Yikes! I don't know which situation I'd want to be in less. Author Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz (1915-1942) wrote and published an earlier version of The Passenger when he was only 23, and he died before he could get a revised edition to his publisher. At first the writing seemed to me to have some of the clumsiness of a young writer—overwriting, heavy-handed dialogue, redundancy—but as my anxiety grew (more on that in a second) so did the writing grow on me and I stopped judging. A sort of cost-benefit analysis that takes into consideration the greater good of society as opposed to personal want. Clinging to his existence as it was just days before, Silbermann refuses to believe what is happening even as he is beset by opportunists, betrayed by associates, and bereft of family, friends, and fortune. As his world collapses around him, he is forced to concede that his nightmare is all too real. Fully-illustrated, The Passenge r collects the best new writing, photography, art and reportage from around the world. IN THIS VOLUME: The Sea Between Lands by David Abulalfia; The Liquid Road by Leïla Slimani; The Cold One, the Hot One, the Mad One, and the Angry...

THE PASSENGERS | Kirkus Reviews

Er wordt niets verbloemd, ook de kleine kantjes van Otto niet, hoe hij zich gedraagt tegenover geloofsgenoten bijvoorbeeld. After reading this book, I never will have a driverless car. When I first started reading it, I said to my husband, "this book is so cool, it's about driverless cars, and I would love one of those cars." After reading it, I don't want to even come close to one, because what happened in this book, I can actually see this happening in real life and that is so scary. Otto was someone like that. And from almost the beginning of the novel, time has just about run out. ~which puts Otto on the run. Non-stop. In a charged series of episodes on (and off) trains. Surprisingly enough, it is actually more like The Hunger Games, but set in a Tesla. I am so down for that! Waarheen, dacht hij bang. Waarheen? Ik lijk wel gek, ik had met Löwenstein mee moeten gaan. Maar ik ben het reizen zo zat!

Welp. I think I've reached the end of the road (har har) with John Marrs. I loved The One and The Good Samaritan, but Keeping It In The Family, The Marriage Act, and now this one have all been subpar or worse.

The Passenger: Lost German novel makes UK bestseller list 83 The Passenger: Lost German novel makes UK bestseller list 83

The author wrote this impressive book in one month in 1938, when he was just twenty-three. This novel was recently discovered and edited. The author lived a short life and he also had to move from one county to another with his mother before being interred on the Isle of Man as "enemy aliens." He as then deported to Australia in 1940 and was permitted to return to England in 1942 but the boat he was on was torpedoed by a German Submarine. He was 27 years old. Thank you to Maria at Henry Holt who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions expressed in this review are my own. Je hebt oudere boeken die een beetje worden afgestoft of 'herontdekt', maar de redding van deze vergeten roman is een regelrechte sensatie. Het verhaal, hoe eenvoudig ook, is zo dwingend geschreven dat het je bijna elke bladzijde boos of verdrietig maakt en anders wel doet opveren om een gave, rake zin.The Passenger is a gripping novel that plunges the reader into the gloom of Nazi Germany as the darkness was descending. It deserved to be read when it was written. It certainly deserves to be read now. This whole story was so interesting. The commentary on our future with tech, the ethical issues our dependence upon such technologies will bring about, as well as the potentially harmful nature of social media, were all spectacularly done. Minint teisėsaugą. Pasakojime yra vieta, kuri, matyt, buvo šio kūrinio kulminacija. Nesinori tikėti, kad visi policininkai buvo blogi. Nemaža dalis jų buvo įstatymų ir padėties įkaitais, priversti taip egltis vardant to, kad patys ir jų brangiosios šeimos tokioje pavojingoje padėtyje neliktų alkani, nubausti, nužudyti. Iki pat šios akimirkos labiausiai mintyse įstrigusi vieta, kuri buvo rėkte išrėkta policininko: I was immersed in the story from the first sentence to the last, and the action was fast paced, and non-stop, from start to finish. There were ‘gasp out loud' moments, cliffhanger chapter endings, a satisfying, surprising conclusion, and relevant articles, newspaper clippings, paperwork, and internet posts preceding chapters. Every character was unique and complex, their fear and anxiety all too real.