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Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman
4.5
Good Reasons for Bad Feelings: Insights from the Frontier of Evolutionary Psychiatry by Randolph M. Nesse
3.5
3.5 overall
4 for the content, I think the consideration of evolutionary influences as part of a holistic view of psychology and psychiatry is crucial.
2.75 for the writing and tedious examples and built in subtle sexism of the author
Could have been a lot shorter and to the point
4 for the content, I think the consideration of evolutionary influences as part of a holistic view of psychology and psychiatry is crucial.
2.75 for the writing and tedious examples and built in subtle sexism of the author
Could have been a lot shorter and to the point
Prophet by Sin Blaché, Helen Macdonald
4.25
This was such an unique read! I was hooked from the beginning, and thoroughly enjoyed the story, the characters, and the ending. It got weirder and weirder as it went, but slowly enough that as the reader I was like ok, let’s do this!
I enjoyed the characters, the way their personalities are peeled back more and more as you go, and the jumping back in time to one of their childhoods. I loved the banter, the irreverent humor used as a mask by Rao. I’m not often a fan of stories the revolve around people who happen to be the smartest and the most talented and the best at everything; I like to see humanity. I thought the flaws and humanity of Sunil Rao’s character really balanced his identic memory and language skills and added depth, and really made the story better. Similar with Colonel Adam Rubenstein, incredible badass and lethal weapon with a troubled past. It felt like a movie I’d enjoy watching.
The plot was pretty amazing, and came together so well. I loved the inclusion of some concepts of reality and energy, and the way a perfect memory comes into play.
The dynamic between the characters had me yelling at them OMG JUST KISS, they were driving me mad. Do they? Don’t they? I won’t spoil anything here.
A few things irked me a bit, including the lack of commas in many places where the meaning of a sentence became ambiguous without them. I’m not a stickler for grammar, language evolves and that’s beautiful. But in this case it really threw of the flow of reading for me a number of times, because I a had to reread to make sure I understood. I read a lot of books out of the UK and other parts of the world and I don’t think this is a regional thing, but if so I will stand corrected and attempt to get familiar.
One character also annoyed me a bit, felt a bit convenient to include yet another super exceptional outlier, this one a clear “baddie” to play foil to the “good guys”. But overall it worked, it was fun, I ended up not wanting to put it down, and it was fairly smart but also still a brain break for me somehow; I was able to read it while super exhausted and still enjoy.
I didn’t look up the authors until afterwards, and now knowing that this was written remotely by two writers who met on Twitter definitely makes it cooler.
I think I’m a 4/5, but it’s one of those “oh yes I’d crush another like this” 4s; maybe it’s 4.25. I’ve recommended to a few folks already - and now I’m recommending to you all! If you like the keywords check it out: sci-fi, thriller, suspense, queer, witty banter, weird stuff, will-they-won’t-they, spies, concept of nostalgia used in a creepy but very cool way
I enjoyed the characters, the way their personalities are peeled back more and more as you go, and the jumping back in time to one of their childhoods. I loved the banter, the irreverent humor used as a mask by Rao. I’m not often a fan of stories the revolve around people who happen to be the smartest and the most talented and the best at everything; I like to see humanity. I thought the flaws and humanity of Sunil Rao’s character really balanced his identic memory and language skills and added depth, and really made the story better. Similar with Colonel Adam Rubenstein, incredible badass and lethal weapon with a troubled past. It felt like a movie I’d enjoy watching.
The plot was pretty amazing, and came together so well. I loved the inclusion of some concepts of reality and energy, and the way a perfect memory comes into play.
The dynamic between the characters had me yelling at them OMG JUST KISS, they were driving me mad. Do they? Don’t they? I won’t spoil anything here.
A few things irked me a bit, including the lack of commas in many places where the meaning of a sentence became ambiguous without them. I’m not a stickler for grammar, language evolves and that’s beautiful. But in this case it really threw of the flow of reading for me a number of times, because I a had to reread to make sure I understood. I read a lot of books out of the UK and other parts of the world and I don’t think this is a regional thing, but if so I will stand corrected and attempt to get familiar.
One character also annoyed me a bit, felt a bit convenient to include yet another super exceptional outlier, this one a clear “baddie” to play foil to the “good guys”. But overall it worked, it was fun, I ended up not wanting to put it down, and it was fairly smart but also still a brain break for me somehow; I was able to read it while super exhausted and still enjoy.
I didn’t look up the authors until afterwards, and now knowing that this was written remotely by two writers who met on Twitter definitely makes it cooler.
I think I’m a 4/5, but it’s one of those “oh yes I’d crush another like this” 4s; maybe it’s 4.25. I’ve recommended to a few folks already - and now I’m recommending to you all! If you like the keywords check it out: sci-fi, thriller, suspense, queer, witty banter, weird stuff, will-they-won’t-they, spies, concept of nostalgia used in a creepy but very cool way