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The Nix
by Nathan Hill
Fantastic! Covers lots of topics with effect of media and ignorance of self being the ones that stuck out to me.
After reading this so close to Paul Murray I can see some similarities in their writing approach with lots of different characters (this was actually a complaint for me with the Seeker but here I found every viewpoint specifically valuable).
Docked a point for the part about the 60s, it’s just a part of history that I find personally less engaging and I was far more invested in the 2011 storyline.
After reading this so close to Paul Murray I can see some similarities in their writing approach with lots of different characters (this was actually a complaint for me with the Seeker but here I found every viewpoint specifically valuable).
Docked a point for the part about the 60s, it’s just a part of history that I find personally less engaging and I was far more invested in the 2011 storyline.
The flip side of being a person who never fails at anything is that you never do anything you could fail at. You never do anything risky. There’s a certain essential lack of courage among people who seem to be good at everything
But you cannot endure this world alone, and the more Samuel’s written his book, the more he’s realized how wrong he was. Because if you see people as enemies or obstacles or traps, you will be at constant war with them and with yourself. Whereas if you choose to see people as puzzles, and if you see yourself as a puzzle, then you will be constantly delighted, because eventually, if you dig deep enough into anybody, if you really look under the hood of someone’s life, you will find something familiar.