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"There are three narrators, but whomever is narrating the opening chapter has a voice that is grating on me.
This is an interesting premise, but I have a few misgivings: the narration this far, the writing seems to evoke that modern patois that grates on me (but this could be the narrator's cadence and choices), and using Monica Lewinsky's name and shame -- did the author get her permission?" — Nov 06, 2026 07:03AM
"There are three narrators, but whomever is narrating the opening chapter has a voice that is grating on me.
This is an interesting premise, but I have a few misgivings: the narration this far, the writing seems to evoke that modern patois that grates on me (but this could be the narrator's cadence and choices), and using Monica Lewinsky's name and shame -- did the author get her permission?" — Nov 06, 2026 07:03AM
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14 October 2026 On this rainy day, I decided to give this another go.
11 October 2026
This is going to be an unpopular opinion, but I am bored by this novella, and I'm finding it rather difficult to read.
I started reading The Lover on 30 September 2 ...more "
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"Everyone seems to love this book, commenting on the beautiful writing. What's wrong with me? I am struggling with the writing!" — Sep 30, 2026 05:54PM
"Everyone seems to love this book, commenting on the beautiful writing. What's wrong with me? I am struggling with the writing!" — Sep 30, 2026 05:54PM
“His geekiness was that bizarre failure to care about the one thing that everybody agreed really mattered: kudos, while his coolness came from the same source, because not caring about kudos—not obsessing about it, not chasing it down wherever it might be found, not constantly measuring one’s own coolness against that of one’s peers—was in itself kind of cool.”
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Inutile dire che questo blocco mi fa sentire, appunto, molto imperfetta. Per quanto frustrante, mi sembra un destino. Mi identifico con l'imperfetto, perché un senso d'imperfezione ha segnato la mia vita. Sto provando da sempre a migliorarmi, a correggermi, perché mi sono sempre sentita una persona difettosa.”
― In Other Words
Inutile dire che questo blocco mi fa sentire, appunto, molto imperfetta. Per quanto frustrante, mi sembra un destino. Mi identifico con l'imperfetto, perché un senso d'imperfezione ha segnato la mia vita. Sto provando da sempre a migliorarmi, a correggermi, perché mi sono sempre sentita una persona difettosa.”
― In Other Words
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