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Like magic, I return

This book is as deep as a picket sign.

I thought this was going to be a criticism of philosophy, but it's turning out to a very good introduction into the problems of Knowledge the brightest minds since Thales have struggled with.

I swear, if this book never becomes critical of his understanding of love, I'm going to have an aneurysm

There's little to no importance in the current timeline, where the man is hiding out from a gunman. It's a frail excuse to slide back and forth in time to events that are clearly far more important.

It's not that the idea of using a single scene and then reflecting on past times is inherently a bad idea; it's just that the single scene does not matter. Maybe it will matter later.

My friends are saying this book is good because it illustrates the power of friendship while overcoming a seemingly overwhelming darkness. The book is very good at making that point, but its long length has shown its high-reaching goals at the cost of moments of mundanity. The entries told from the perspective of Mina are long and don't add much to the story.

Using audiobooks is cheating. I'm cheating

an analytical exercise on what i don't like about books like this and people who take advice like this seriously.

clearly bullshit and what more could the average 1950s businessman want in a self-help book?