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I almost quit this book as soon as I began it.

I heartily agree with Crawford’s emphasis on the importance of embodied (3D) experiences and his warning that virtual worlds can promote passivity, technology as magic, and false agency.

In his book The End Of Absence, Michael Harris laments the everpresence of digital technology.

This novel is like a long, restless dream about a man paralyzed by his guilt and his grief.

The Elephant Man bears Lynch’s touch lightly but this movie has his fingerprints all over.

When I have kids I will definitely show them this movie.

John Hurt’s performance resonated with me like wine lingers in your gut.

I’m 120 pages into this book and so far it has consisted purely of dialogue between a psychiatrist and a patient who has voluntarily checked herself in.

One of my favorite movies of recent times.

My second attempt to review a book while I read it instead of waiting until I finish it.

Half memoir, half advice for aspiring fiction writers. Both good.

My first attempt to review a book while I read it instead of waiting until I finish it.

I’d recommend this book to anyone who wants to better understand the values and politics of rural America through literature.

I recommend this book to anyone who wants to inform their dietary choices.

Absolutely essential read. Mind-bending and mind-expanding.

Really really good. It shows that McCurdy is not just interested in telling her story but also interested in writing as a craft.

I think this is a must-read for anyone who wants to be in a long-term relationship.

I picked up this book to learn about Norman Mailer’s writing style. He really is a very good chronicler.

Any aspiring non-fiction writer should read this.

Highly recommend to anyone interested in reading about time management. This book has a radical message for you: give up hope.

This is my second review of this book. I have to say – it won me over, big time.

I got some useful and interesting concepts from this book

Really beautiful. Poetic. A bit repetitive.

A gem! An exercise in the art of understatement and a great example of fruitful experimentation with the novel form.

It started with promise!

A twisting plot with topical themes woven in elegantly. My main complaint is that they get the characters to tell you things that the story itself explains well enough.

The prose is great, incredibly tidy and evocative.

A poor adaptation… too literal.

This is straight up white American masculinity porn. Is pornaganda a word?

An incredibly entertaining read, full of absurd, shocking, and sometimes unbelievable scenes. An awesome example of writing as craft.

I just love the writing.

I really enjoyed watching this in theatres. However, is this not yet another movie that glorifies Dominator culture?

Just so good… a beautiful story about the scary and exciting process of individuating, bridging out of childhood.

I read a chunk of this.

Awesome read about an accomplished writer’s career and life.

The imagery in the opening scenes is fantastic.

The audiobook narrated by Herbie is great. His impression of Miles is hilarious.

Steinbeck brings you into a world, not only through colorful, vivid descriptions but also rich characters whose lives we witness over decades.

I loved the writing, the acting, and the set design.

My two main problems with this movie are Jack Nicholson’s character, Costello, and The Love Interest.

It’s exciting to see Black America represented in a Pixar movie: to hear Charles Mingus and A Tribe Called Quest, to see reflected the work ethic, family values, and sense of community.

It is a movie about him, but it is told through her. It is a story about his failure to connect with others.

At the beginning it’s mostly fancy transitions and strings and choreography and facades and props. Past their yelling, the characters are pretty shallow.

Tara Westover’s writing is clear, poignant, and deeply thoughtful.

I wasn’t particularly satisfied with Randolph’s writing skills, but the book made for an entertaining 1st person account of the birth of Netflix.

Thoughtful and witty, infusing some ideas about the philosophy of knowledge into real, human struggles and situations.

Presents a mildly compelling thesis: the human tendency to form beliefs comes from our ability to think in terms of cause and effect, which is also responsible for our remarkable tool-using and tool-making abilities.