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snmrrw's review against another edition
5.0
Man, I've always hated the idea of reviewing a piece of art like this but: This shit really spoke to me. This book was about me. This book had things I cared about in it. This book changed me.
geekylou's review against another edition
4.0
I have no idea what to say about this book lol other than I loved the psychology and how the mind thinks and bizarreness is right up my street! If you like a funny, bizarre book this is one to pick up.
mrfrank's review against another edition
4.0
PERSON by Sam Pink was a pretty damn good book. It didn't feel like practice. It had been sitting on my shelf for quite some time, unread. Something pushed me to finally pick it up and take a look. I'm glad I did. It wasn't what I expected, it was better. Except for that first chapter.
The first chapter was rough. I really wanted to close the book and say "F this". The protagonist, the titular Person, left a lot to be desired. He came off as whiney and negative and just a black cloud of a person. Not the type of protagonist I wanted to get into a whole story with. But I read through it and beyond and the second chapter kept me going into the third and I was okay to go on.
This was an odd reading experience. I don't recall ever having read a book where I so badly wanted to put it down after the first chapter only to have me completely won over in the subsequent chapter. An awful book became a decent book which ultimately became an awesome book.
I'd love to give it 5 stars, but I can't. That first chapter really drags down the overall picture of the book. I wish it didn't exist. I don't even feel like the protagonist in the first chapter is the same person in the rest of the book. I wish there could be a do over or someone told me just to skip the first chapter and start at chapter 2. But, in the end, PERSON is still a pretty great book and I sure want to read more by Sam Pink.
The first chapter was rough. I really wanted to close the book and say "F this". The protagonist, the titular Person, left a lot to be desired. He came off as whiney and negative and just a black cloud of a person. Not the type of protagonist I wanted to get into a whole story with. But I read through it and beyond and the second chapter kept me going into the third and I was okay to go on.
This was an odd reading experience. I don't recall ever having read a book where I so badly wanted to put it down after the first chapter only to have me completely won over in the subsequent chapter. An awful book became a decent book which ultimately became an awesome book.
I'd love to give it 5 stars, but I can't. That first chapter really drags down the overall picture of the book. I wish it didn't exist. I don't even feel like the protagonist in the first chapter is the same person in the rest of the book. I wish there could be a do over or someone told me just to skip the first chapter and start at chapter 2. But, in the end, PERSON is still a pretty great book and I sure want to read more by Sam Pink.
kayla222's review against another edition
2.0
only profound if you have never experienced a negative emotion
tin_squid's review
5.0
I read a book. The author is famous so I pretend that's why I'm reading it. Really the cover appeals to me and it's free.
I read it in huge chunks. I want to be that person that says 'oh my god I just couldn't sleep till I finished this book' but instead I go to sleep.
I imagine the review I will write about the book while I'm finishing the book. It'll be clever, people will love it. They'll love me. Or not hate me.
It will subtly explain why the book resonated with me, all the snags of paranoia and depression that are so relatable. Why I was almost the person who couldn't sleep.
A year that doesn't get talked about.
But it'll be smoother than that, nothing to make anyone worry. Slightly bland but with mass appeal. And just enough tragedy.
I type and retype. I wonder if the tablet logs key strokes. I wonder who's job it is to read my key strokes.
I delete everything and write something else.
It feels like practice.
I read it in huge chunks. I want to be that person that says 'oh my god I just couldn't sleep till I finished this book' but instead I go to sleep.
I imagine the review I will write about the book while I'm finishing the book. It'll be clever, people will love it. They'll love me. Or not hate me.
It will subtly explain why the book resonated with me, all the snags of paranoia and depression that are so relatable. Why I was almost the person who couldn't sleep.
A year that doesn't get talked about.
But it'll be smoother than that, nothing to make anyone worry. Slightly bland but with mass appeal. And just enough tragedy.
I type and retype. I wonder if the tablet logs key strokes. I wonder who's job it is to read my key strokes.
I delete everything and write something else.
It feels like practice.
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