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Emilia
is on page 197 of 304
ok ivre read a bunch 2day:
the yips was pretty good
the after that was okay
googling strangers was personal and effective and the indianapolis trilogy was well done
monopoly was fine and the mario kart wasnt, reminded me of the bad game essay collection ive read, drawing shallow connections between games and reality as if games arent justified to be written about on their own. salt flats was good the next two okay
— Dec 19, 2025 11:45AM
the yips was pretty good
the after that was okay
googling strangers was personal and effective and the indianapolis trilogy was well done
monopoly was fine and the mario kart wasnt, reminded me of the bad game essay collection ive read, drawing shallow connections between games and reality as if games arent justified to be written about on their own. salt flats was good the next two okay
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Emilia
is on page 236 of 304
solid couple of essays. I enjoy the increased sense of continuity between them. I feel like I really get to know John through the overlapping stories of his life framed as reviews.
— Dec 20, 2025 04:19PM
Emilia
is on page 140 of 304
hes on a spree of beautiful personal essays here (cnn & harvey)
— Dec 17, 2025 09:40AM
Emilia
is on page 125 of 304
the essay was okay but the character was really fascinating again and the quotes were well chosen. the faulkner reading eating competition commentator, what a guy
— Dec 16, 2025 02:24PM
Emilia
is on page 120 of 304
penguins essay was mid but the clarence saunders one was really good, just a fascinating guy and a good characterization by green. would love to read a JJS piece on him :P
— Dec 16, 2025 02:11PM
Emilia
is on page 106 of 304
the sunset essay was pretty good. it also properly clicked with me that the format of this book is more short-form reviews than essays (only using the latter superficially)
— Nov 14, 2025 02:30AM
Emilia
is on page 78 of 304
interesting fact-dumping, some of the essays (hall of presidents is a good example) suffer harshly under their small length and restricted scope. green is here to quickly deliver a point, drop it on your doorstep and go away without looking back. theres none of the foreplay that makes essays exciting here
— Nov 12, 2025 02:35AM
Emilia
is on page 50 of 304
vignetten more than essays, small reviews of things that Green loves with a „human condition/age“ throughline; i like it but its not the same as my fav essays (like a horro short story in comparison to a solid two-sentence-horror post)
— Nov 10, 2025 03:56AM
Emilia
is on page 12 of 304
cute, pretty good; reminds me of my girlfriends writing style
— Nov 09, 2025 11:06PM
