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Cat Milton
is 88% done
I will finish this book, but only because I cannot for the life of me imagine how a book like this finishes. There has been in the latter third rare sentences, occasionally a paragraph, that is given me hope. That has given me sustenance, as a reader. But they have been rare. I think I shall be pleased that I have read this book, but I don’t think I will recommend it.
— Dec 08, 2025 04:08AM
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Cat Milton
is 66% done
Now, suddenly, after a childhood, a marriage and finally a war, an ending of a war, there is a tone and style change. Because the memories are fresher? Because so much was lost? Now, it is not just the tangible but the intangible impressions that start to appear in the text. 66% - ye gods.
— Dec 07, 2025 01:04PM
Cat Milton
is 60% done
Am I fascinated, am I bored?
I cannot yet judge by that which I am reading, but only by whether there is any reluctance in myself to pick up the book each time and start reading again.
I honestly do not know what to make of this text. It is utterly unique.
But is it unique in a way that I like, or unique in a way I don’t like? I can’t say.
— Dec 07, 2025 12:17PM
I cannot yet judge by that which I am reading, but only by whether there is any reluctance in myself to pick up the book each time and start reading again.
I honestly do not know what to make of this text. It is utterly unique.
But is it unique in a way that I like, or unique in a way I don’t like? I can’t say.
Cat Milton
is 40% done
The will to live is packing its bags … I guess the one positive is reading something the likes of which I’ve not read before…
— Dec 06, 2025 06:30AM
Cat Milton
is 20% done
I'm losing the will to live; still waiting for the story to emerge from the foundations of family, extended family, friends and more friends... although there's a quiet increase in the reference of socialism and fascism.
This beginning, although different, reminds me of the struggle with Infinite Jest, of which one also needs to haul numbed ass and brain through the first 100 pages...
— Dec 05, 2025 12:54PM
This beginning, although different, reminds me of the struggle with Infinite Jest, of which one also needs to haul numbed ass and brain through the first 100 pages...
