
An interesting premise, but no revelatory ideas. Some essays clearly better than others. Depressingly validating.
An interesting premise, but no revelatory ideas. Some essays clearly better than others. Depressingly validating.

Have a lot of conflicted feelings about this book. On one hand, I believe deeply in the humanistic message of the value of meaning in life -- whether it is small or large. On the other hand, the entire second section where logotherapy is basically a panacea really bothered me.
Have a lot of conflicted feelings about this book. On one hand, I believe deeply in the humanistic message of the value of meaning in life -- whether it is small or large. On the other hand, the entire second section where logotherapy is basically a panacea really bothered me.




A little too wacky for my tastes generally. And I will never not be mad when I see violence perpetrated by schizophrenics at the direction of their voices (also just completely unnecessary in this story). But generally a sweet story with a hopeful message.
A little too wacky for my tastes generally. And I will never not be mad when I see violence perpetrated by schizophrenics at the direction of their voices (also just completely unnecessary in this story). But generally a sweet story with a hopeful message.

It is a time travel story, so I have yet to read a plot that can really hold up with time travel, but this one does pretty well. It is a love story more than anything else. But also really interrogates the concepts of cowardice and heroism. Colonialism and the nature of history and the value of shared mythology. Which feels surprising for something written in such a breezy style.
It is a time travel story, so I have yet to read a plot that can really hold up with time travel, but this one does pretty well. It is a love story more than anything else. But also really interrogates the concepts of cowardice and heroism. Colonialism and the nature of history and the value of shared mythology. Which feels surprising for something written in such a breezy style.