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| I either fervently agree or vehemently disagree with almost every sentence I've read by Emerson. I suppose that is a kind of endorsement. His ornate diction and syntax strikes me the same two-fold way: I either love it or hate it, often in the same p...more | |
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| The title of this book makes me wince, and I feel almost too embarrassed by it to post on Goodreads. Still, the book's premise is not as pessimistic as it appears. Bauerlein counters the grandiose hopes that technology will inspire a generation of ge...more | |
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| This isn't a true sequel since it doesn't have one consistent plot starting from the end of the original; however, I'm such a sucker for the iconic characters Adams created in Watership Down. Throw Fiver in a scene, and you've got me. | |
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| There's always some risk in reading YA books as an adult. I can see how this would really appeal to readers who have exhausted the Narnia and Tolkien catalogs, but I feel like I missed the window of opportunity to really appreciate it. | |
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| Adams followed his masterpiece, Watership Down, with this epic fantasy. I read somewhere that he thought Shardik was his best work, and I can understand that evaluation, but I never developed as strong an attachment to the characters as I did when I...more | |
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| I read this after finishing Watership Down, Adams' most famous novel. Plague Dogs is darker, angrier, and more polemical than Watership Down, but Adams is such a gifted writer that his characters transcend his political purpose. While I would recomme...more | |
"I read a review that stated Adams was really into Jung, which might account for why I can't stop thinking about the book but can't fully articulate wh...more
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