Jessica
Sweet. Monk and Robot meet Ana and Din.
Sweet. Monk and Robot meet Ana and Din.
Every story was a revelation. Very very very explicit. But somehow not at all salacious. Entirely unique.
Every story was a revelation. Very very very explicit. But somehow not at all salacious. Entirely unique.
Love the world, but what the heck?? This is half a story at best. Major characters introduced and then just... nothing? Lots of very very heavy hard to follow exposition leading nowhere.
So bad, I had to review the entire ebook to make sure I didn't just accidentally skip over a bunch of chapters somehow.
Very disappointed.
Love the world, but what the heck?? This is half a story at best. Major characters introduced and then just... nothing? Lots of very very heavy hard to follow exposition leading nowhere.
So bad, I had to review the entire ebook to make sure I didn't just accidentally skip over a bunch of chapters somehow.
Very disappointed.
Last chapter is the weakest, but overall a delightful read.
Last chapter is the weakest, but overall a delightful read.
Updated a reading goal:
Read 100 books in 2026
Progress so far: 100 / 100 100%
Like pretty much all general non-fiction books, I just feel it could have been shorter. I wish non-fiction wasn't afraid of being 100 great pages rather than 300 mediocre ones.
It is also very, very much a product of its publication date. COVID and racial tension in the US form the framework for understanding the myth of closure, whereas I would argue that just a few years later, the wholesale destruction of the American experiment and climate grief would be better frameworks today.
All that said, this has a lot to say about grief and I think it is a valuable read for pretty much anyone. The sister book here is absolutely Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning. They are almost two sides of the same coin.
Like pretty much all general non-fiction books, I just feel it could have been shorter. I wish non-fiction wasn't afraid of being 100 great pages rather than 300 mediocre ones.
It is also very, very much a product of its publication date. COVID and racial tension in the US form the framework for understanding the myth of closure, whereas I would argue that just a few years later, the wholesale destruction of the American experiment and climate grief would be better frameworks today.
All that said, this has a lot to say about grief and I think it is a valuable read for pretty much anyone. The sister book here is absolutely Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning. They are almost two sides of the same coin.