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Yes yes, you read it right. I'm reading the damn bible.

Really fun book, and not as hard as I expected too! There is a lot of information of questionable validity and some things I disagree with (on a basis of opinion). I might write up a few things on some lines later. 8/10 so far.

Kind of having issues with the writing, it's not very good; fun story though.

Damn good! I might even say better than the first one

Forgot I was reading fiction there for a second! Great book, much better than expected.

Probably my favorite book so far from Calvino, the writing is absolutely amazing. It embodies much of how Calvino writes

Really odd book, the copy I have was published in 1907, it has really nice pictures to accompany the explanations. I can't say it's the most interesting thing I have read but it's fun to learn about this place.

It's almost like I'm learning a new language, English is weird.

Neil Gaiman is doing a very good job of making each scene vivid and relatable. I have to admire how he can create such an immersive story in such a short amount of time. It also seems to be becoming a little more of a fantasy story. This aspect creeps up on you, until without realizing it, the story is now a full-on fantasy.

The way everyone reacts to the big event in the book has a striking resemblance to what happened when COVID-19 hit.

Richard makes the book follow an interesting outline, that is, he follows human evolution starting at humans and goes backwards in time. He mentions this at the start of the book and explains that it isn't the typical way of thinking of events. The reason why he does this (I can only assume) is because it puts the idea that humans could be the culmination of evolution and makes it less intuitive in this format.

What the heck? This got a good laugh out of me.

"Whats that?" I said.
"Drive the car, Jack."'
"I saw your throat contract. You Swallowed something."
"Just a Life Saver. Drive the car please."
"You place a Life Saver in your mouth and you swallow it without an interval of sucking?"
"Swallow what? It's still in my mouth."
...
"That was just saliva that I didn't know what to do with. Drive the car, would you?"

I'm quite enjoying the writing, it can be pretty funny sometimes too.

"The scene of injured people, medics, smoking steel, all washed in a strong eerie light, took on the eloquence of a formal composition. We passed silently by, feeling curiously reverent, even uplifted by the sight of the heaped cars and fallen people."

The author certainly paints a vivid picture of some scenes, the tone with these descriptions also reminds me of Lolita. So far it feels like the author is still introducing us to the characters but there have been brief mentions of the poisons. It has the makings of a great book right now.