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John Marrone
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I’m giving up on this. There were aspects of this that I liked. The desolation and certainty of imminent death. But the cans. I couldn’t get past the section on the can soldering. It was unbearable. I could have skipped past it I guess but I don’t read like that. I watched the miniseries. It was good,
— Jan 15, 2024 06:52PM
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John Marrone
is on page 270 of 835
Im not knocking the book, but part of the terror is the helplessness you feel stuck 300 pages into it reading pages about how well the cans are soldered and the history of them and how they were traditionally canned, but in this case... The characters all feel like sentient meals that I feel sorta bad will die, because you know they will. Its a slow death for some, quick and violent for most in this one.
— Jun 27, 2021 09:37AM
John Marrone
is on page 179 of 835
The only terror I'm feeling is that I have 600 fkg pages to go!
— Jun 02, 2021 09:46PM
John Marrone
is on page 179 of 835
Damn - nobody lives long in this book - better learn who the last in command is. Feel like Ive learned about how hard it was to find this Northern passage by ship. Absolute terror in itself. Its a slow read but solid as shit
— May 25, 2021 05:28PM
John Marrone
is on page 26 of 835
Ooh this ones gonna be good. Two ships carving the northern Arctic passage. One's story is two years before the other. Something crazy going on out there in the dark. I imagine the first ship crashed and is going hungry. Who.knows what hell lies ahead.
— Mar 22, 2021 06:37PM
