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Forgot to track this one. Little unsure so far. Love the concept, not loving the prose or the way exposition is handled. I'm giving it to page 150 because once the action is in full swing maybe some of these issues will resolve themselves and I think there's a lot of potential here.

the bar was on the ground and Dan Simmons said, "Hand me a shovel" I'm not sure if I can finish this

I think Burrich might be my favorite terrible surrogate father of all time.

Every time I pick up this book it's a fight to put it back down again. The deathgrip I can already tell this series is going to have on me....

at least we're back on the good shit (the downfall of Savonarola)

The first half of this book was pretty engaging but after THE Lorenzo dies the narrative the author is trying to stuff this all into has stopped working. Fascinating events are described in boring ways because of this and I'm REALLY fighting with this latter section despite how interested I am in the subject (especially Savonarola). The triumphs and defeats, the epic highs and lows of pop history 😩

Are there some instances of "hmmm interesting idea, can you explain or expand on that? Or did you just quote someone else's conclusion w/o fully understanding what was being said?" But overall I'm having a great time. Fun pop history.

This is so good I'm about to start tearing out pages and eating them.