@astralstreeting I think you could read any of them without reading the others, they're not too dependent on each other overall. The sixth one is quite different from the others though, it's a lot more meta and covers his process of writing the books and fallout with various family and then he just sorta goes off the rails and talks about writing and philosophy and Hitler for a few hundred pages, I lost steam around then. So I switched to audiobook and listened while working the xmas rush to power through it... I was pretty determined to finish. But I didn't enjoy this one. Truly my struggle lol.
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people like books finished reading The bear by Andrew Krivak
The bear by Andrew Krivak
In an Eden-like future, a girl and her father live close to the land in the shadow of a lone …
people like books finished reading Mina's Matchbox by Yoko Ogawa
Mina's Matchbox by Yoko Ogawa, Stephen B. Snyder
In the spring of 1972, twelve-year-old Tomoko leaves her mother behind in Tokyo and boards a train alone for Ashiya, …
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people like books finished reading The End by Martin Aitken (My Struggle, #6)
The End by Martin Aitken, Karl Ove Knausgård, Don Bartlett (My Struggle, #6)
The End, the sixth and final book, reflects back on the personal fallout from the earlier volumes, with Knausgaard facing …
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@Carnivalesque yeah, I was also a bit intimidated. Its definitely intense but very readable!
people like books finished reading Counterweight by Anton Hur
Counterweight by Anton Hur, Djuna
From one of South Korea's most revered science fiction writers, an absorbing tale of corporate intrigue, political unrest, unsolved mysteries, …
people like books reviewed Crooked Plow by Itamar Vieira Júnior
Heralded as the most important Brazilian novel of the century so far, this bestseller's unique …
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This was incredibly good. I was totally transported into a time and place that I know very little about, and feel changed by the experience, which is pretty much the crux of why I like reading.
Learning more about the author, his perspective on writing the book and how it intervenes in contemporary Brazilian politics has also been cool (one of many interesting interviews/articles: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article/2023-09/reading-to-coexist-a-conversation-with-itamar-vieira-junior-ana-laura-malmaceda/)
people like books finished reading Crooked Plow by Itamar Vieira Júnior
Heralded as the most important Brazilian novel of the century so far, this bestseller's unique …
people like books finished reading A City on Mars by Kelly Weinersmith
A City on Mars by Kelly Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith
Earth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away - no climate change, no war, …
people like books commented on The End by Martin Aitken (My Struggle, #6)
The End, the sixth and final book, reflects back on the personal fallout from the …
This book is so much harder than the other ones. And soo much longer. Also the first half is translated by a different person? I am struggling a bit.
people like books replied to Grog's status
@realityasylum@kolektiva.social yeah it is definitely very disorienting at the start and hard to get into. I'd recommend just pushing through a bit and don't worry too much if you don't totally understand what's happening!
people like books finished reading The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
The Crying of Lot 49 is a 1966 novel by American author Thomas Pynchon. The …
Last time I read this was at least 15 years ago, its weirder and even more fun than I remembered.
