Bernardas Šliamka

The author creates a very engaging atmosphere that doesn't let go until the last page. Easy to read, casual, with an interesting perspective on people, writers, and writing.

A true classic - about equality and times that one would not want to return to. Very easy to read, but not everyone can understand the deep meaning. It is worth setting aside an evening and reading it for everyone, also trying to put together the characters and their counterparts in reality.

Oleg's work about human inner experiences was very surprising. The strongly felt influence of the author's life crises makes the script very believable. A deep work that deserves more detailed analysis. Although I didn't have much hope when I started reading, once I started reading it was hard not to finish. The visual solution of the dialogues turned out to be quite chaotic.

The book is an autobiographical account of a Catholic exorcist about the battle against Satan and demons that the author has encountered in his life, beyond the visible boundaries. It sounds like it should be a very interesting, authentic story? However, I would like to quote an excerpt from the book here: “<...> I don’t understand, future doctors, regardless of whether they later become surgeons or not, have to participate in operations. Why don’t theological faculties apply the same method to seminarians? <...> It’s hard to believe in the existence of Satan if you’ve never had to participate in an exorcism <...>”. It is precisely the latter sentence that summarizes how I would evaluate the book, having never encountered such phenomena - interesting-sounding stories that are hard to believe. It talks about suddenly appearing, objects that are split out from the body and about levitation - such stories resemble movie scripts, and would be interesting to the reader, but the book extensively describes and quotes prayers used during exorcism, which ordinary people would not really understand, makes you skip a lot of text and that destroys the desire to delve into the stories. A lot of stories, but few facts - this is how this book could be described. I would recommend reading it only if you are a person who is very interested in the theology spread by the church.

An easy-to-read, light-humored book about the relationship between two couples and the things that connect them. Absurd situations, although often easily predictable, make you laugh, and the plot is engaging. Although not very exclusive, all the contents are connected together well and can lift the reader's mood after a hard day. Admittedly, after so many widely described events, the end of the booked seemed a bit incomplete.

The book is mainly aimed at teenagers and young people, because it explores the problems of relationships and communication with people of that period, but the main topic - eating disorders - evokes feelings for all readers. The book is written from the first person, so the whole story, the lack of understanding of the situation, the accusations of other people when offering help hits the reader very personally, the second part of the book is difficult to read calmly, the reader feels a kind of tension, the hope that the character will realize what is happening, although at the same time there is a constant knowledge that everything can end very differently.

Although a book is written for young people, it has a serious plot that makes you think about the decisions people make and how they can affect others, often without even realizing that the actions we take might be interpreted completely differently from another person's perspective. The book left a great impression, as did the first season of the series created based on it, but the book explores everything even more extensively. In any case, the book is not for everyone - for some, as far as I understand, the story seems to glamorize suicides, but reading it myself, I did not find where in the book this event is presented as the right way, I think the author makes it clear enough that this is a bad decision. And it was this choice that attracted readers and drew more attention from young people to the problem.

An interestingly written book - like blog posts that constantly adds more to the story told. Sometimes you start reading it like a regular book and only remember that when starting a new chapter. The story is smooth, little by little more details come to light and everything falls into place. It's an interesting story with elements of a horror thriller. If you’re just starting to read horror stories, the plot may seem scary, but if this genre is your favorite, you may not find something very unique or special, but you will read it quickly and it should leave a pretty good impression.

The book, like the film of the same name, examines the relationship between two young people in an unusual situation - when traditional signs of closeness become impossible due to their illness, the couple try to find a way to discover each other and themselves, even when separated by distance, and when even a simple touch is completely impossible. The book makes you think about what people with cystic fibrosis have to go through, also showing that the connection between people is necessary even when there are huge obstacles. The book's plot is almost the same as in the movie, in some chapters it tells the story a little more widely, but not as much as to surprise those who have seen the film. Overall the book is interesting, and although it is dedicated for younger readers, it should be an interesting story for other readers too.

While at first it seemed like a story about how a painfully tragic event might change a person’s life, the initial impression was wrong. An engaging piece with an unexpected ending, that is presented from the perspective of both main characters, allowing the reader to compare different perspectives on life and see how a person with mental disorders evaluates his actions.