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Andrew is on page 49 of 629 of The Secret History
Well, it's very readable. That's a great relief. But my god are the characters irritating twerps. There's an entire passage by the Prof guy espousing the most imbecilic pseduo-philosophical twaddle, about the value of irrationality and how we need to embrace our primitive side, inane crank reactionary drivel peddled by esoteric fascists and spiritual charlatans. If there's more like this...then...well...here we go!
Dec 08, 2021 05:50PM Add a comment
The Secret History

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Andrew is on page 25 of 270 of Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
"All that remained was his body, lifeless, clothed in the suit. Now it looked calm and satisfied, as if the spirit were pleased to be finally free of the matter, and the matter were please to be finally free of the spirit. In this short space of time a metaphysical divorce had occured"
Dec 01, 2021 04:17PM Add a comment
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

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Andrew is on page 22 of 270 of Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Holy hell this is amazing! "It is the feet that all knowledge of Mankind lies hidden; the body sends them a weighty sense of who we really are and how we relate to the earth. It's the toutch of the earth, at its point of contact with the body that the whole mystery is located...The feet - those are our plugs into the socket". Cool!
Dec 01, 2021 03:42PM Add a comment
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

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Andrew is on page 46 of 256 of King Solomon's Mines
Really surprisingly enjoyable. Writing is sharp and quick, the mystery interesting and engaging, and the depiction of the natives (obviously, while inherently authoritarian due to being a colonial one) is not presented too bad (for now :s)
Nov 12, 2021 02:34PM Add a comment
King Solomon's Mines

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Andrew is on page 108 of 672 of Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
This is so utterly fucking brilliant in every conceivable way it hurts. I think i may now start adding quotes from the book here that I love, for personal reference of nothing else, although at this point it's almost every page. So far it's already basically a 5 starrer, and im barely 30% in.
Nov 12, 2021 02:29PM Add a comment
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)

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Andrew is on page 208 of 336 of Mexican Gothic
I think I may die of boredom finishing this. My god, does it ever end? 12 days reading a book this size is appaling.
Oct 22, 2021 04:16PM Add a comment
Mexican Gothic

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Andrew is on page 23 of 336 of Mexican Gothic
"It was like something out of a Gothic tale"

Are you fucking kidding me? You're actually having to tell me it is Gothic, in a book where that's expected? Are you fucking kidding me? I'm genuinely so shocked that someone could write something so abysmally ham fisted and bad that I'm tempted to be just done with it here and now. But it has an interesting premise and the reviews sound good, so I'll soldier on.
Oct 15, 2021 06:32PM Add a comment
Mexican Gothic

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Andrew is on page 10 of 240 of Beyond Good and Evil
Have read precisely 10 pages of this book and I already want to fucking throw it into the nearest fire.
Aug 06, 2021 06:47PM 1 comment
Beyond Good and Evil

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Andrew is on page 142 of 258 of Steppenwolf
Feb 26, 2021 12:24PM Add a comment
Steppenwolf

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Andrew is on page 77 of 181 of Cinema
Feb 06, 2021 01:40PM Add a comment
Cinema

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Andrew is on page 82 of 224 of The New Populism: Democracy Stares into the Abyss
So far so boring. Although a reasonably interesting premise, he's not pulling it through to me. Generic analysis of Trump which gives us nothing new (although it was written a year after his victory, so it was probably fresh analysis then). Good definitions given of populism at begging, but not analysed really. Just stated then move on. Wait and see I guess.
Feb 05, 2021 03:10PM Add a comment
The New Populism: Democracy Stares into the Abyss

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Andrew is on page 40 of 181 of Cinema
Dec 26, 2020 09:17AM Add a comment
Cinema

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Andrew is on page 288 of 602 of Moby Dick
Getting through it!
Dec 26, 2020 09:16AM Add a comment
Moby Dick

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Andrew is on page 288 of 602 of Moby Dick
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Moby Dick

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