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The intro is good. The individual chapters are great IF you've read those books. But they're quite useless and spoiler-y if you haven't.
This title is misleading. This is more "Here's some very important books Harold Bloom likes and wanted to write about why he liked them so much." Which is fine. But it's definitely not "How to Read and Why".
Written in stream-of-consciousness style with multiple narrators, the story follows a journey wherein the family …
I get it. It’s good. Frustrating prose at times. But compelling character study.
Nearly everyone in this book sucks except Cash and Darl until he uhhhh ya know. And I feel bad for Dewey.
Anse Bundren can fuck right off.
"The fifth book of Knausgaard's powerful My Struggle series is written with tremendous force and …
These books are like therapy.
Despite constant efforts to declutter your home, do papers still accumulate like snowdrifts and clothes pile up like a tangled …
Pretty damn good. I can’t articulate very well what draws me to him. But I love his work.
"A family of four--mother, father and two boys--move to the South Coast of Norway to …
Took me an embarrassingly long time to read. Not quite as engaging as the first two volumes. A lot like the film “Boyhood”. A good read. And a stark and honest account of what it’s like to go through puberty.
Really solid modern advice. Although at times it feels like a glorified blog post rather than a deep dive. And often turns into “use this plugin by tpope”. Solid book and I learned a fair amount. But not a must read for vim nerds.
Solid book. A little too fluffy at times. But great messages for anyone who creates or designs for a living. Even a software engineer like me finds the lessons here applicable. I just wish he’d have gotten into the weeds a bit more. Feels too surface-y at times.
I don’t have anything to say that other reviewers haven’t said better. This book is or isn’t for you. And it is so deeply for me.
A collection of essays and personal reflections chronicling the author's growing understanding of the nature …
As far as Christian self-help books go this is one of the better ones. As an atheist now this is about one of the only books I read while i was a Christian that I think holds any real value. At worst it’s teaching Christians to be more open and tolerant.
One of the more convincing and altruistic approaches for defending ones belief in a Christian god. But ultimately his arguments fail and fall flat.
