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Angry Bob is 42% done with Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason
Audiobook. Not a fan, I’m unlikely to continue. The narrative is dense, idiosyncratic and difficult to follow. It focuses on categorizing historical references of madness with quotes from historical texts while never offering anything in the way of a cohesive narrative. Sometimes interesting, often difficult, never approachable.
Oct 19, 2025 11:36AM Add a comment
Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason

Angry Bob
Angry Bob is 50% done with Common Sense by Thomas Paine: Dolphin Classics - Illustrated Edition
Audiobook. Interesting from a historical perspective, an argument for revolution that runs a bit stilted, but this was a feature not a bug in this circumstance.
Oct 06, 2025 04:52PM Add a comment
Common Sense by Thomas Paine: Dolphin Classics - Illustrated Edition

Angry Bob
Angry Bob is 65% done with A Visit from the Goon Squad
Audiobook. 65% Just wrapped chapter 9. This is the kind of clever, boundary-pushing writing that I find very tedious.
Sep 23, 2025 12:49PM Add a comment
A Visit from the Goon Squad

Angry Bob
Angry Bob is 60% done with A Haunting in Hialeah Gardens
Thats a bit long to wait for the interesting stuff, I feel like the author is playing with fire a bit to wait that long to positively engage with the premise. i.e. there ain’t no haunting stuff til halfway thru.
Sep 10, 2025 06:19AM Add a comment
A Haunting in Hialeah Gardens

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Angry Bob is starting A Haunting in Hialeah Gardens
Audiobook. 60% in. I’m digging it and not digging it at the same time. I find the inadequacies of the protagonist pretty annoying, which is kinda good because it means I care about them and the story, and kinda bad because the decisions seem like poorly veiled plot devices.

The is well done but coasts along until about halfway thru when it finally starts engaging with the premise of the title.
Sep 10, 2025 06:19AM Add a comment
A Haunting in Hialeah Gardens

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Angry Bob is starting No Exit and Three Other Plays (Vintage International)
Kindle. No exit was great i give that one four stars. Osteres is a slog and i have very little interest, so i dropped it and moved on to Dirty Hands. If this one fails to capture my attention i’ll likely drop it.
Jul 15, 2025 07:05AM Add a comment
No Exit and Three Other Plays (Vintage International)

Angry Bob
Angry Bob is 26% done with The Death of the Necromancer (Ile-Rien #2)
got 26% in someone is waiting for the audiobook at the library and i have plenty to read, i’ll pick this up from the start of the series and give it another go
Jun 15, 2025 11:35AM Add a comment
The Death of the Necromancer (Ile-Rien #2)

Angry Bob
Angry Bob is 20% done with The Death of the Necromancer (Ile-Rien #2)
Audiobook. So far not bad, I did not realize it was a sequel which likely accounts for some of my questions about how this book is proceeding. Good writing, not too tropey, haven’t really connected with the characters but again sequel… I’m going to keep at it and see where things go, but i might dump this for murderbot 2 since i’ve actually read book 1 of that series.
Jun 09, 2025 12:33PM Add a comment
The Death of the Necromancer (Ile-Rien #2)

Angry Bob
Angry Bob is starting The Hamlet (Vintage International)
Kindle. Writing is great if a bit dated. Writer is doing some clever things with the prose that are starting to get really annoying and hard to follow.”
Jun 01, 2025 06:09AM Add a comment
The Hamlet (Vintage International)

Angry Bob
Angry Bob is starting The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2)
Book. About 25% of the way through when loan ran out. Will borrow again and keep at it. Pretty good.
May 21, 2025 08:56AM Add a comment
The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2)

Angry Bob
Angry Bob is on page 10 of 389 of The Fox Wife
So far, a really cool story. A bit fairy-tale-esque but I'm a fan of that style of fantasy writing.
Jan 02, 2025 10:52AM Add a comment
The Fox Wife

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