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Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco
Did not finish book. Stopped at 16%.

I’ll Return to it later

In Evil Hour by Gabriel García Márquez
Did not finish book. Stopped at 63%.

The prose was amazing, i would enjoy it every time i picked the book up. But damn the plot is so boring i just can’t bring myself to finish it. 

The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
Did not finish book. Stopped at 9%.

I will come back to it later. First 100 pages were agressively boring. 

The Order of Things: An Archaeology of Human Sciences by Michel Foucault
Did not finish book. Stopped at 38%.

Practically unreadable for me. Giant sentences, unstructured text, rants about this and that, all with big smart words there was no need for. The book could have been twice as short, with ten times simpler vocabulaty and syntax, and maybe then I would have finished it. Because there were some actually interesting ideas there, buried under a load of bullzjit. 

The Bridge Over the River Kwai by Pierre Boulle

reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The first 25% and last 5% of the story are very good. Everything else is a bit stretched out. The ending is suprisngly subversive. Nicholson is best character hands down. The ending is what makes a good character out of him. 
If it were a bit shorter, had a bit  less racism (even if it supposed be a critique of it), and had more Nicholson POV in latter half, then it would have been much closer to 5/5. 

The ending is genuenly good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

The Complete Essays by Michel de Montaigne
Did not finish book. Stopped at 40%.

I think I got the idea of what this is. Don't see a reason to read further. 
One hellish book I must say. I think this book would have been four times as bearable if the author removed that billion and a half anecdotes and quotes from ancient literature. 

Mother Courage and Her Children by Bertolt Brecht

3.75

The Last Leaf by O. Henry

3.5

Cool

Noises Off: A Play in Three Acts by Michael Frayn

funny lighthearted fast-paced

4.75

Wonderfully complex. A lot to learn about recontextualisation. 

Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker

hopeful informative sad slow-paced

4.25

Brilliant and dense book with loads of cool info. There are a few issues, - check them out on the wikipedia page, - but other than that it is a very good book that has a significant effect on your view of sleep.