Maor

After visiting Salisbury, this book was special for me. I can't deny the ambiguity of this book, which can be perplexing and disorienting. But maybe it's half the charm, along with Golding's dark, satiric and ingenious style of writing.

Great introduction of the good ol' Ireland through the stories and experiences of good hard working people. many a toast, friendships and mischiefs, all of which are intertwined to form a unique gift of love for a beautiful country.

Edith is the perfect mentor, inspirational speaker and coach.
Unlike a lot of these so called ‘influencers', I actually have an immense trust in her words and advices.
She'd been through a lot, oh man what she's had to endure. from dancing in front of Mengele, surviving Auschwitz, dealing with the brutal murders of her parents and being left for dead after American soldiers had liberated her concentration camp, Gunskirchen.
Against all logic and reason, Mrs. Eger has persevered and has celebrated her life since, becoming a psychologist at the age of 51 (!) and treating people with PTSD.
When I'd read The Choice- my first meeting with Edith (her books always feels like a conversation with an incredible woman), I'd started idolizing Edith from the very first pages. One gets drawn to Edith through her refreshing honesty and her profound love for those involved with her, be it her family, friends or patients. Reading her books is an authentic transformative experience, and it's even not a make-believe ‘mentoring seminar'. And there's the obvious part- this WONDERWOMAN is 96 years old and counting. Wow

Divine execution of a subpar book. Paul is a dark magician, luring me with every brilliantly (but not meticulously) placed word and each perfectly timed change of pace. This type of booksis fascinating to me. A book which you have no idea why you couldn't put it down, but all the different twists and turns just worked, mysteriously enough.

The library part, which is unfortunately only half of the book, gets 2 stars. To me, it seems that Brautigan could write in a unique and groundbreaking fashion, when he felt like it. Alas, half of this short novel is filled with endless descriptions of Vida's ‘voluptuous' body, and the harm she inflicts on society with her bedazzling looks. It's as if his brain idled for half a book and he just filled these white papers with a bland horny teenager's writing. Maybe this book's success was a 70s thing and abortions were a hot topic, unlike 2024 in which women's free will is not controversial, right?