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inverarity
1 Jan 2021, 01:39
Book review: The Road, by Cormac McCarthy
McCarthy is hit and miss for me. I do think some of his style is very affected, but that is just the way he writes. I really liked Blood Meridian, but The Road was all elegaic prosiness to the…
Menachem Rephun
1 Jan 2021, 00:41
Book review: The Road, by Cormac McCarthy
I'm not sure I understand what you mean by "literary fiction". Is that a derisive way of describing literature, or just works with what you perceive as literary pretentions? If you think the latter…
inverarity
16 Dec 2020, 21:44
Book Review: Alexander Hamilton, by Ron Chernow
Well, it was Robert Caro who started me on this presidential journey, and his biography of Lyndon Johnson is extremely critical in places. So much so that Caro has been accused of hating Johnson. At…
kith_koby
16 Dec 2020, 21:31
Book Review: Alexander Hamilton, by Ron Chernow
A great review. I think the most pertinent point is indeed 'who tells your story?'. John Adams had his admirers, and you can see that in McCullough's biography, but you can also see hints of his bad…
inverarity
25 Nov 2020, 02:11
Comic Review: Coda, by Simon Spurrier
I think a 15-year-old would enjoy these, if he likes fantasy at all.