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4.03 AVERAGE
4.03 AVERAGE
emotional
reflective
sad
I picked this up when it first came out and tried it but wasn’t in the right headspace. Came back to it and found it a time-capsule of lockdown that I want to keep, but I didn’t find it as capturing as Bo Burnhams Inside - though again they do different things from different standpoints.
I wonder if part of my confusion in this books was the blend between london and New York, with the switch from my current home to an unknown place making it feel a bit vertiginous? Maybe that was intentional.
My favourite essays were peonies and something to do, perhaps in 10 years I’ll still have this on my shelves and reach for it, and it’ll be far enough in the past that I “enjoy” the harder hitting parts more.
I wonder if part of my confusion in this books was the blend between london and New York, with the switch from my current home to an unknown place making it feel a bit vertiginous? Maybe that was intentional.
My favourite essays were peonies and something to do, perhaps in 10 years I’ll still have this on my shelves and reach for it, and it’ll be far enough in the past that I “enjoy” the harder hitting parts more.
reflective
fast-paced
inspiring
reflective
I can't rid myself of the need to do 'something', to make 'something', to feel that this new expanse of time hasn't been 'wasted'. Still, it's nice to have company. Watching this manic desire to make or grow or do 'something', that now seems to be consuming everybody, I do feel comforted to discover I'm not the only person on this earth who has no idea what life is for, nor what is to be done with all this time aside from filling it.
reflective
medium-paced
adventurous
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.5
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
reflective
slow-paced
sad
medium-paced
very observational - i think its going to be an exceptional demonstration of our present zeitgeist in a few years and beyond. I mean - especially the chapter equating the virus to the contempt of racism, explicitly calling forth George Floyd. Very topical, but still nuanced and introspective even.