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How to Learn Almost Anything in 48 Hours: The Skills You Need to Work Smarter, Study Faster, and Remember More! by Tansel Ali
2.0
Marketing copy aside, this book is 100% about how to memorize lists of things. Within that there are some useful nuggets, like the Major System, but nothing I couldn’t find through Google for free. Also, who has time to invent and remember little stories about their shopping list when you can just write it down? So yeah, you’re not gonna be able to learn French in 48 hours, no shit, but you can memorize a bunch of French phrases. That’s how they get away with the title and unfortunately there’s no more to this book than that.
In the Woods by Tana French
3.0
A good read overall, strong (if flowery) writing and good character psychology. Unfortunately the twist was incredibly predictable and there’s quite a bit of internalized “not like the other girls” misogyny. I struggled putting this into words, but the shorthand is that it feels somehow like Tana French got cheated on and blamed the woman (whom she envied for being more “feminine”) more than the man (whom she loved but saw as damaged and weak). I don’t think thats a spoiler per se, but it captures the way in which this book ultimately frustrated me.
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
Did not finish book. Stopped at 40%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 40%.
3.0
DNF at 50% - the writing is solid enough but it feels more like a collection of essays than a book, and the content doesn't really hold me. might revisit someday but I'm months overdue (heh) at the library & should really get it back to someone who'll enjoy it more