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is on page 256 of 416 of The Program: WOW, THAT TOTALLY WASN'T OBVIOUS FROM THE MOMENT HE WALKED INTO THIS AWFUL FUCKING BOOK.
I hate science, but what I hate more is books ignoring science in favor of drama. Crying is GOOD for you, so why make people hide their tears by flipping the fuck out if they cry? Lobotomies fell out of use for a good reason: THEY FUCK PEOPLE UP FOR LIFE AND UNETHICAL AS FUCK. |
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It started out so well. Dahl painted the picture of Eve and her life and slowly eased in the tropes. I liked that they’re an older couple, closer to forty than twenty. And then I started feeling sorry for the throwaway suitor, Mitch, who could never...more |
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added a status update: How in the hell am I ten books ahead of schedule? I haven't read anything in weeks. Well, that's what it feels like at least.
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| That was surprisingly painful. Not bad but not spectacular either. Proper review to come, I think. | |
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| This was a sweet, fluffy novel about Ted who had lost his family—and possibly his sanity—in a car accident. A year and a half later he has a new career and a life. He wanders outside for a smoke and steps into 1886. His second stumble is in insta-lov...more | |
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This review can also be found on Portable pieces of thought-blog.”The problem, both in the West and behind the Iron Curtain, was a lack of imagination. No one was able to picture the worst-case scenario.” That was fun. Slightly preachy, but it comes w...more |
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"Alicia wrote: "First person present tense with alternating POVs? This sounds like an utter nightmare."
Both sisters have a say and the problem is that...more " |
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| Every word and every look is pure something whether it makes sense or not—basic knowledge of chemistry does not help—and the sex scenes are oh so clichéd as they can be. Heaven forbid a woman be comfortable with male nudity even if she'd grown up in...more | |
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This review can also be found on Books as portable pieces of thought-blog. This didn’t start how I imagined it would. The confusion could have been avoided had I read the blurb for the second book, but I didn’t and I had a expectations of where Edie a...more |
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