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Laurent Schneider

Laurent Schneider

I am a French speaking database developer/administrator. I read far more thrillers than technical books. I mostly read in German, but also in English and French.

I am an author. My upcoming book is called Advanced Oracle SQL Programming. I have a technical blog, http://laurentschneider.com

I read thrillers when I go to work by... more »
  • member since July 11 2008

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  • Without Remorse (Tom Clancy)
    • Rated 5 stars

    “The language is very informal, as a non-native speaker, I was disappointed by the grammar and style. The moral of this book is below zero, the "good" soldier, the "bad" drug dealer, the "conspirating" communist, the "cruel" viet kong, and all this army slang. After reading 10 pages, I gave up reading.

    Months later, I re-started it, and I ended up loving the main personnage, Kelly, a kind of Rambo-Terminator, I just could not stop reading. The suspense is intense, until the last page I have really being reading day and night, this is why I am giving 5 stars to this book.

    If you like thriller, you may be hooked too !”

    Laurent Schneider wrote this review Friday, January 30 2009. ( reply | permalink )
  • Katzenzungen.
    • Rated 5 stars

    “Women are incredible, they all feel they understand what her girlfriend is thinking and even if they love each other and they are their best friends, they are hiding tragic facts...

    Delightful ! Easy to read for a non-native speaker”

    Laurent Schneider wrote this review Saturday, November 22 2008. ( reply | permalink )
  • Das Kind
    • Rated 5 stars

    “I have been so much seduced by the first book of Fitznek called The Therapy.

    It is challenging to understand what is real and unreal, how the kid is related to the lost kid of the advocate, and it is a good thriller after all.

    I hesitate to put "only" four stars because it is not as much psychological as the Therapy and a little bit more a traditional thriller with inquiries and policemen.

    Fairly easy to read in German for a non-native speaker.”

    Laurent Schneider wrote this review Monday, July 28 2008. ( reply | permalink )
  • Solaris Systems Programming
    • Rated 3 stars

    “I did first put a five stars on amazon but a guy told me this book is a pale copy of Stevens book http://www.shelfari.com/books/18533/UNIX-Network-Programming
    the full critique is there : http://invisible-island.net/critique/APUE-SSP.html

    I recommend to buy the original”

    Laurent Schneider wrote this review Monday, July 14 2008. ( reply | permalink )
  • Advanced Linux Networking
    • Rated 5 stars

    “I think it is a good book to learn about Linux on servers. The numerous of well known services for printing, mail and login are review and I could follow the examples pretty successful”

    Laurent Schneider wrote this review Monday, July 14 2008. ( reply | permalink )
  • Kind Nr. 95
    • Rated 4 stars

    “I bought this book for my African spouse and I did read it first. It is very easy to read and the true story is touching. It was a pleasure to read it from first to last page. Lucia Engombe did study in Ost Germany and is now journalist.”

    Laurent Schneider wrote this review Saturday, July 12 2008. ( reply | permalink )
  • Hunkeler und die goldene Hand

    Hunkeler und die goldene Hand

    by Hansj÷rg Schneider
    • Rated 3 stars

    “I have read half of this book yet but I am not too much an art fanatic. However I enjoyed the Rheinfelden Thermal baths very much, which salt water swimming pool and amazing saunas, so I enjoy the murder happens to kill in exactly that pool :)”

    Laurent Schneider wrote this review Saturday, July 12 2008. ( reply | permalink )
  • Der Jäger.

    Der Jäger.

    by Andreas Franz
    • Rated 5 stars

    “It is one of the first thriller I did read in German. I would not read it again as I now know how it ends, but I enjoyed it very much and was very surprised by the end.

    The crude details will probably be more appreciated by male readers”

    Laurent Schneider wrote this review Saturday, July 12 2008. ( reply | permalink )
  • The Elegance of the Hedgehog
    • Rated 4 stars

    “The story of the house keeper in a chic area and this little girl who wants to commit suicide for her next birthday is just to cute. The author has a blog muriel.barbery.net and is fascinated by Japan.

    PS: probably a bit challenging is French is not your mother tongue”

    Laurent Schneider wrote this review Saturday, July 12 2008. ( reply | permalink )
  • Ladylike
    • Rated 5 stars

    “I just cannot stop reading books from Ingrid Noll !As in all Ingrid Noll books, the female characters have some sinister scheme to eliminates the annoying male characters :)”

    Laurent Schneider wrote this review Saturday, July 12 2008. ( reply | permalink )

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