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2 Highlights: - "Legends of the Fall by Jim Harrison - "The Shadow of the Wind" by Carlos Ruiz Zafón These are beautifully written books-- true art. I read
by Dowwie 10y ago
2 Highlights:
- "Legends of the Fall by Jim Harrison
- "The Shadow of the Wind" by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
These are beautifully written books-- true art. I read intellectually stimulating, non-fiction material every moment of my life. Fiction counterbalances that frenzied information consumption.
I also read 2/3 of SevenEves by Neal Stephenson. Although the first 2/3 were good, I can't recommend the book due to the last 1/3. Those who read the book will know what I'm talking about.
- throwaway1892 10y agoCarlos Ruiz Zafón is one of the best author I've ever read.
- scbrg 10y agoI finished Seveneves today. I agree that there's obviously a huge difference between the first 2/3 and the last - but how can you tell the second part is bad if you only read the first? Personally I think both parts of the story are good. I think that it could possibly have been split into two different books to give the second part a bit more space. As it is now, the second part is a bit rushed, and ends quite suddenly (in classic Neal Stephenson fashion).
- Dowwie 10y agoIt's not that I didn't read the last 1/3 at all, but that I chose not to finish