Smuchaine

5y

Speaking about Dostoyevsky tho... I'm really struggling to continue Karamazov 😩😩

CRACKASTEPPAVEGAN

5y

Purple Hibiscus

It's a re-read.

3.5/5
Great novel

Okay Yeah

5y

Recognizing habit loops in not just behaviour but thought patterns

kogoyos

5y

been really slacking this summer so far, gotta step it up

12 Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson

wouldn't consider myself a Peterson fan but stumbled across this book and some of the chapters/rules seemed pretty relevant to me so I gave it a shot. there were a few chapters that really resonated and were well written but I thought a lot of it was off topic and like Peterson was trying to shoehorn his own agendas (anti communism, anti feminism, anti pc culture) into the maxims and that's the kind of Peterson material I'm not interested in at all. if you take some of that out I would've enjoyed this book more but I could how the rules/book would be helpful to others. might read the sequel as there are a few rules there that intrigue me as well.

7/10

0ddJay

5y

Finished Lolita yesterday - 3.5/5

Just as interesting and moving as it is deeply disturbing. I understand why a lot of people won’t read it but I think everyone should read it at least once. The book’s forward (written by a fictitious editor) immediately tells you you’re dealing with a p*do and that the book is basically his confession/memoir written from prison. There’s a lot of wittiness and comical puns throughout the book and truly beautiful prose. I gave it 3.5 stars because the writing got a bit too purple for my liking at times to the point where it was almost unbearable to read (like when there’s 2 long ass chapters dedicated to just describing scenery and landmarks as the main character is on a road trip all over America). But this book does take a really interesting turn from sick love story to mystery/detective story that I enjoyed a lot.

Synopsis

5y

update

almost finished with this and i would have to say it is quite possibly the best fantasy series ive ever read, at least only asoiaf is possibly above it. something so amazing about the mystery, the story, the characters. 10/10

Koala

5y

No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy 4/5

Astronaut Dad

5y

U read wheel of time?

Synopsis

5y

nah i havent

Astronaut Dad

5y

I think you’d like it. Be warned tho 11 books

Astronaut Dad

5y

Blood meridian next my boy

Koala

5y

Blood Meridian is a great one but my all time fav is Suttree

Mac got clossics on clossics

Koala

5y

Blood Meridian is a great one but my all time fav is Suttree

Mac got clossics on clossics

frank 2022

5y

not the same subject, but breath by James Nestor was similar in how it made me more self-aware about controlling my mind/body. Same kind of cultural blind spots, and the authors approach the topics in the same casual way.

Astronaut Dad

5y

U read any other chimimanda

CRACKASTEPPAVEGAN

5y

Great Gatsby
4.5/5
Sad book. Down bad: the novel

injeragang

5y

check out his other works, Tender is the Night is my fav by him

CRACKASTEPPAVEGAN

5y

Will do good looking out

Is it the same style as Gatsby

bags

5y

Just finished this one. Really interesting book about journalism ethics with some criminal law s*** with a pinch of psychoanalysis. I learned just now that the author died two months ago.

3.5/5

Jvnkyrdawg

5y

Any good mystery recommendations of past or new? I’m really into plot twist and objectively ‘good’ endings
Detective
Crime
Psychological
Who dunnit
Fun/comical/ serious/ noir
Sorry for the vagueness; but I’ll take a minute to checkout any recommendations y’all think are good — ultimately on the for a good ending ( I cannot stress that part enough)