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ngl the third person limited pov is feeling a little too omniscent for me, but maybe i’m just not used to how kuang writes

ELIZABETH MAGIE WAS ROBBED

wdym there are format-exclusive reviews. just had to crack open my physical copy to read the review about title pages and the mountain goats while

crying again

the audiobook for this is so good i love john green

just started rereading this after i got access to the audiobook and now i'm crying over hank + john's relationship

he gets so close to being self-aware and then he immediately goes back to complaining about cabbage soup

the constant beef with doors and light switches goes crazy

this guy's talking about how television, regardless of how its content is presented, at its core aims to entertain. this was before the 24/7 news cycle started up 😭😭 so many of the points made are still relevant today (40 years later) we're so cooked

absolutely love reading about the lascaux cave painting and turning the page to an essay about scratch ‘n’ sniff stickers

moved to percentages because i'm reading chapters out of order (thanks, capstone!) but omg how many times is this guy going to reference the other books he's written on the subject

i will never escape this book

i think i’m going to try just reading one review at a time so that they don’t blur together. it helps the idea marinate. halley’s examples of being a genius are fascinating. the england area problem? what an incredible solution. also love the personal stories tied into the reviews :)

oh i really enjoyed the temporal range review and visualizing the calendar of earth’s existence and all of humanity taking place in the last couple minutes. it is difficult to keep everything in perspective with the present, but i love how empathetic john is. their anxiety was just as real as our current anxiety. also love how the temporal range got 4 stars and you’ll never walk alone got 4.5 stars lol

the holt’s upstairs-downstairs myth is so ridiculous that i can only see it being believed for the sake of their marriage. i’m reading the 1989 release, so i wonder if more recent cases are discussed in that version. so disappointing that i can see the echoes of family myths and inequalities with the second shift still happening today. i’m sure much has changed since then, but it doesn’t feel much like it :(

“She will embrace the ideology that suits her perception of her chances.” OH

im a nice guy fan