This is a very uncomfortable book. The atmosphere is depressing, creepy and dead. Everyone in the book, besides maybe the detective, is screwed up. The parents are hard to be around, to say the least, yet Gillian Flynn forces you to be around them.
I am not finished with the book but I am writing a review now beause I'm not sure I can get through it - not because it's poorly written but because it's excrutiating to be in the world that the book creates. I might have to read the book all in one day just to get the pain over with because I don't like walking away from books.
For now on I am going to read reviews of books before reading them so I can get a sense of what I am up against.
Regardless, Flynn is an effective writer in that she is able to subsume you the reader.
I am not finished with the book but I am writing a review now beause I'm not sure I can get through it - not because it's poorly written but because it's excrutiating to be in the world that the book creates. I might have to read the book all in one day just to get the pain over with because I don't like walking away from books.
For now on I am going to read reviews of books before reading them so I can get a sense of what I am up against.
Regardless, Flynn is an effective writer in that she is able to subsume you the reader.
This is a very uncomfortable book. The atmosphere is depressing, creepy and dead. Everyone in the book, besides maybe the detective, is screwed up. The parents are hard to be around, to say the least, yet Jillian Flynn forces you to be around them.
I am not finished with the book but I am writing a review now beause I'm not sure I can get through it - not because it's poorly written but because it's excrutiating to be in the world that the book creates. I might have to read the book all in one day just to get the pain over with because I don't like walking away from books.
One thing is for sure: Jillian Flynn has a very keen idea of what deep emotional sickness is.
I am not finished with the book but I am writing a review now beause I'm not sure I can get through it - not because it's poorly written but because it's excrutiating to be in the world that the book creates. I might have to read the book all in one day just to get the pain over with because I don't like walking away from books.
One thing is for sure: Jillian Flynn has a very keen idea of what deep emotional sickness is.
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson
It's one of those books that makes you feel like you are accomplishing something while you are reading it but is ultimately forgettable.
That being said, there were some bright spots in the book and it did contain humor.
Essentially, it's stoicism repacked for the new age.
That being said, there were some bright spots in the book and it did contain humor.
Essentially, it's stoicism repacked for the new age.
Incredible writing. Laugh out loud funny and very sad at parts.
A classic for a reason. Still relevant and doesn't at all feel like an old book.
A classic for a reason. Still relevant and doesn't at all feel like an old book.
Great book. It's Arthur C. Clarke. What more can you say?
I read it when I was a kid and was riveted by it. I'd like to read it as an adult to see if it still holds up. It probably doesn't but for now it gets a five start based on my childhood memory of it.
Good science fiction mind twister that keeps the pages turning. There is even a bit of a heart tug.
The protagonist cries too much, IMO, but otherwise a good read.
The protagonist cries too much, IMO, but otherwise a good read.