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Mark Groenen

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Mark Groenen (1989) is a history and Dutch language teacher from Veldhoven, the Netherlands.
In his works he ventures into the surreal, the fantastic, and the horrific. While he is on the fence about the term, his work has been described as "grimdark magical realism". Even if it isn't 100% accurate, it at least sounds cool as hell. ...more

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	Wendigo 3.57 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2021 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Edine 3.70 avg rating — 30 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	De wereld van Aisling en Aidan 4.25 avg rating — 16 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Achterblijvers by Annette Akkerman, Cathinca Van Sprundel (Goodreads Author), Garvin Pouw (Goodreads Author) 3.47 avg rating — 19 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Het Sweek zeer korte verhalen boek - #microdroom en #microlicht (zeer korte verhalen, #1) by Mark Groenen (Goodreads Author), Anoeska Nossol (Goodreads Author), Rani De Vadder (Goodreads Author) 4.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	De hand van Gloria 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zonderlingen by Joost Uitdehaag (Goodreads Author), Michelle Arts, Mike Jansen (Goodreads Author) 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Honderd jaar helmgras 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2025 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Waar verberg ik het lijk, deel 4: Diner voor twee by Mark Groenen (Goodreads Author), Ruben de Goede (Narrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Acceptance (Southern Reach, #3)

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Mark Groenen liked Kimberley Scheenstra-Berger's review of David, David: "Via via al begrepen dat niet het allersterkste boek was. Het taalgebruik is makkelijk en de hoofdstukken kort (snap niet dat de bieb dit als een D-boek ziet). Het idee van het verhaal is best leuk, de uitwerking zwak en het einde waardeloos... "
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David, David (DD) zou geïnspireerd zijn op Dorian Gray (DG), maar als de auteur louter de wikipediapagina van DG zou hebben gescand zou ik het ook geloven. Het verhaal, zoals verteld, leent zich niet voor de novellevorm. We zijn op 50% (en 50 pagina’ ...more
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“... zoals het terugtrekkende tij dat wat verhuld is onder water en zand blootlegt, zo keert mijn herinnering terug aan de bewoners van de plek in het helmgras.”
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