šŸ’¦šŸŸ Der Nasse Fisch šŸ’¦šŸŸ - Krimi Book Club - Starting September 9!

Welcome to the book club for :sweat_drops::fish: Der Nasse Fisch :sweat_drops: :fish:, the first case of Detective Gereon Rath !

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Der Nasse Fisch takes place in Berlin in 1929, as Gereon Rath, a former detective from Cologne, has just been transfered east and discovers the political and societal maelstrom that is Babylon Berlin…

Where to purchase :

Digital: Amazon.com - Amazon.de
Physical: Amazon.com - Amazon.de
Audio Book : Amazon.com - Amazon.de - Audible
Anything, but not Amazon : ebook.de

Schedule

The book is 530 pages long (text-length), and based on the Achtsam Morden book club, I propose we read between 50 and 60 pages a week, which gives a 10-week schedule. Tentative starting day is September 9, but can be changed if people need more time to get a copy.

Week Start Date Chapter Page Numbers Page Count Percentage
Week 1 September, 9 Chapter 1 - 5 (inclusive) 9 - 65 56 pages 11%
Week 2 September, 16 Chapter 6 - 9 (inclusive) 65 - 112 47 pages 20%
Week 3 September, 23 Chapter 10 - 12 (inclusive) 112 - 163 51 pages 29%
Week 4 September, 30 Chapter 13 - 15 (inclusive; to the beginning of part II) 163 - 221 58 pages 39%
Week 5 October, 7 Chapter 16 - 19 (inclusive) 221 - 276 55 pages 50%
Week 6 October, 14 Chapter 20 - 22 (inclusive) 276 - 335 59 pages 61%
Week 7 October, 21 Chapter 23 - 26 (inclusive) 335 - 389 54 pages 71%
Week 8 October, 28 Chapter 27 - 29 (inclusive) 390 - 447 57 pages 82%
Week 9 November, 4 Chapter 30 - 32 (inclusive) 447 - 506 59 pages 93%
Week 10 November, 11 Chapter 33 - end 506 - 541 35 pages 100%

Discussion Guidelines :

Spoiler Courtesy

Please follow these rules to avoid inadvertent spoilers. If you’re unsure whether something should have a spoiler tag, err on the side of using one.

  • Any potential spoiler for the current week’s reading need only be covered by a spoiler tag. Predictions and conjecture made by somebody who has not read ahead still falls into this category.
  • Any potential spoilers for external sources need to be covered by a spoiler tag and include a label (outside of the spoiler tag) of what might be spoiled. These include but are not limited to: other book club picks, other books, games, movies, anime, etc. I recommend also tagging the severity of the spoiler (for example, I may still look at minor spoilers for something that I don’t intend to read soon).
  • Any information from later in the book than the current week’s reading (including trigger warnings that haven’t yet manifested) needs to be hidden by spoiler tags and labeled as coming from later sections.

Posting Advice

When asking for help, please mention the page number, and check before posting that your question hasn’t already been asked. As the threads get longer, it becomes more convenient to use the Search function, which is located in the upper right corner of the forum. It is the magnifying glass which is near your profile picture! The best way to search is usually to type part of the sentence you are confused about, and select ā€œin this topicā€. This will show you all posts within the current thread which has that string of text.

Be sure to join the conversation! It’s fun, and it’s what keeps these book clubs lively! There’s no such thing as a stupid question! We are all learning here, and if the question has crossed your mind, there’s a very good chance it has crossed somebody else’s also! Asking and answering questions is a great learning opportunity for everyone involved, so never hesitate to do so!

Membership

Will you be reading with us ?

  • Yes
  • Yes, but I might start late
  • Maybe
  • No
0 voters

Which version will you be reading?

  • ebook
  • Physical book
0 voters

Don’t forget to set this thread to Watching in order to be notified when weekly threads get posted!

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*audiobook :see_no_evil:

Freu mich schon! :slight_smile:

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Acquired my copy in the friendly neighbourhood bookstore today. On top of that, the store clerk immediately provided me with background information that the stories from this series can be read individually because they are not interconnected, but that the main characters remain the same (and also develop throughout the series). He put that into stark contrast with another series from the author called ā€œBablyon Berlinā€ (or maybe the latter is a movie or TV series?) which you need to read in order as everything is connected, at least according to what he told me.

Sometimes I’m not really sure whether I should love or hate people who give me random unsolicited infodumps :rofl: but I think I’ll go with ā€œit’s okay, he was harmlessā€ for now :grin:

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" Die Drehbücher der ersten beiden Staffeln basieren frei auf Volker Kutschers Kriminalroman Der nasse Fisch, der im Berlin der Weimarer Republik spielt." :tv:

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Of course ! My bad, I’ll update the first post !

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Having read 5 books in the series so far, you can, of course, read them individually, but it’s a lot more interesting to read them sequentially, especially since (at least in the first 7 books, I think it changes a bit afterwards)each book takes place in a new year, and the political situation unfolds in the background.

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Ah ok, now I get the connection! Initially I thought he was talking about a different series, but now his explanations make a lot more sense :sweat_smile:

That’s what he mentioned as well :blush:

I must confess I may or may not have started to read the first week’s assignment (as it was lying around on my desk looking at me anyway), and it may or may not have been extremely gripping so far :grin:

Also, I think for our next round of voting I will go to that bookstore again and ask for a recommendation or two :rofl: because why not leverage the power of the experts!

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Week One thread is up !

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The thread for Week 2 is up !

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Week 3 is up !

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I’ve posted the thread for Week 4 and Week 5 since I will be out of the country next weekend.

However, this means I should have more time to be active on these threads (I bit off slightly more than I could chew, between Japanese and German, but I’m finally seeing the end of my backlog…)

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And… Week 6 is up too.

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I’ve just posted the Week 7 thread !

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I dropped out for now, I really don’t vibe with this book and since it’s in my native language there is also no real motivation to finish it for language learning reasons… I will keep up with the threads to see if there are any language related questions I can help with! Have fun everybody :slight_smile:

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Week 8 is up !

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I finished the book while in Japan. I actually ended up enjoying it. Solid 3 (out of 5) star read. The ending felt a bit… vague… but it’s probably meant to make you continue the series. :thinking:
Will catch up on the threads once I am back from my trip. :eyes:

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Now for our penultimate week !

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And… I thought I posted the final week thread, but it turns out I didn’t, and I’m a week late… Entschuldigung !

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Finished the book! Pretty crazy ride, I must say… Anybody up for volume 2? :grin:

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I also just finished the book!
I had to take a break in-between, and then I had to return the book to the library before even getting to the halfway point :see_no_evil: but a few days ago I finally decided to just buy the audiobook on audible and I ā€œbingedā€ it the last few days. :joy:

I have to admit, that it won’t be one of my most favorite Krimis of all time (mainly because I did not really ā€œconnectā€ to the characters as much as I would like - I can not really say why…), but I still enjoyed the historical setting and the case itself quite a lot.

I would definitely join reading volume 2 (or I guess I would stick to listening, since it is easier to fit in my current daily routine :sweat_smile:).

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