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The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone by Olivia Laing

georgiaedwards1's review against another edition

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informative medium-paced

4.0

dushi's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

alyssapusateri's review against another edition

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informative reflective medium-paced

3.5


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alicebrwne's review against another edition

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informative reflective

4.75

carinadiaz's review against another edition

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This book kept dragging on. It also felt more like a deep dive into famous artists and a lot less like a memoir. The two weren’t connected too well. 

frenchkey's review against another edition

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challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.5

This was a fascinating read, but I was missing a lot of the context to understand some of the concepts. I enjoyed it and I definitely learned from it, but I don't think I was the intended audience. 

junyan's review

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Dnf. This book is more about the lives of artists, which I’m not interested in, than loneliness itself.

hollandvk's review against another edition

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3.0

While the writing is exquisite, I really don't relate much to the plethora of topics.

katjones97's review against another edition

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hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

lucy_gibson's review against another edition

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emotional reflective slow-paced

4.0