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Marking this as 3 stars for now, but I think it might go up once I re-read it and fully grasp the harder to understand concepts.

While I don't care too much for Frank Millers illustration style, his eye for composition is just something else. It's nice to see so much of it carried forward to the film adaptation—as fictional as it is, you can't deny that it's dripping with style.

I'm glad that's over. I heard about this book in a podcast saying it would be a perfect primer for jumping into “the classics”. I found Adler lacks a compelling writing style, often being verbose to the point where it started to become frustrating.

There were a few decent takeaways when it came to reading poetry and classic plays, but was lacking information where I was the most interested (philosophy). I just noticed the book is on blinkist—that might be a more approachable way to digest this thing.

Not much to say on this that hasn't been said before. Interesting, digestible content that can be applied to various parts of life. As a bonus, the book I bought has some beautiful traditional Chinese binding that I havent seen before.

While Lying is a quick read, it does raise some pretty thought-provoking points, and at the least has made me rethink the seemingly harmless white lie. There a few points in the book where I feel like Harris takes it a bit too far (extremes, and surprises), where he comes off more robot than human.

A bit confusing who was narrating in certain parts, and it had some strange character developments, but this world is just too interesting to stop here.

Interesting world and great illustrations. What's not to love?

I'm not sure if it was the translation, but I found the writing in this to be painful at parts. The story is very disjointed, the timeline can jump all over within a span of a page, and the entire story packed focus.

I didn't like the character illustrations at all, but the environments were nice.

Easily one of my favorite books of all time, and something I'll be revisiting for years to come. While the format doesn't make for a consistent read, the short sentences and points make this a great reference book for the future.

My only critique is that Marcus was focused on morality more than anything else, so throughout the books, some of his points around the topic can start to feel somewhat repetitive.

I've never used a highlighter in a book (other than a textbook) in my life, and now this book is absolutely covered. Can't wait to read this again.

I highly recommend the Gregory Hays (2nd edition) translation.

I loved this just as much as I expected. Considering this book is 70 years old, it still reads like a modern book, while hitting a strange chord in our modern world.

Took a bit of reference in order to understand some of the writing, but enjoyable overall.

I recommend this resource - http://www.sparknotes.com/drama/prometheus/

Absolute despair, from back to front. This WW1 story tells tales of French soldiers in the trenches, and does a masterful job of depicting the pure hell within.

I preferred the structure of this compared to Tardi's other book in the series “It was the war of the trenches”. Rather than focus on multiple characters, this story follows a single french soldier which makes the story more cohesive.

The last chapter of the book is the most powerful, depicting singular stories from regular soldiers and civilians in the last year of the war. So much can be said in one pane.

“Who you are is defined by what you're willing to struggle for”

“The desire for more positive experience is itself a negative experience. And, paradoxically, the acceptance of one's negative experience is itself a positive experience.”

These are the two biggest quotes I took out of this book. It's chalk full of examples pertaining to the two, which was woven entertainingly into a much larger narrative. I took this one in as an audiobook, and I found the narrator perfect for the content.

Ryan Holiday puts forward a strong case on how self-awareness truly dictates our outcome, and an inflated ego can drive us into the ground. Examples are vast, and range from the mentality of UFC and football coaches, to modern and ancient military commanders.

No matter who he references, you have, are, or will eventually go through the things he cites or warns about. I highly recommend this book.

I went into this not knowing a single thing about tennis. That first chapter sucked me in more than any other book in recent past.

Lots of great advice in here, the problem is breaking habits and remembering to use them on a day to day basis

I really liked this. It appealed to my gamer side, while showering me in that sweet 80s nostalgia. If you want to get sucked away into an interesting sci-fi world, you should give this a go.

A gripping story with a great sense of reality and brilliant survival tactics. While Mark found himself in some dire situations, he tend to get out of them pretty fast. It seemed like more really tense moments needed to occur during the middle of the book.

The best part about this was the writing style. It's full of dry humor and vulgarity that you would expect from someone stuck on Mars for a couple of years.

Informative and inspiring, I haven't been sucked into a book like this for quite some time now.

Damn, what an honest biography.

A design classic from the '60s, this book introduces the simple concept of the relationship of a dot and a line and then provides a ton of examples of varying complexity. There isn't much to read beyond the first few pages, but it's timeless and fun to flip through.

One of the most powerful books (graphic novel, or otherwise) that I've ever read. It's a gripping look at the struggle and survival of the authors parents during their stay at the concentration camps during WW2.

The illustrations are also masterful, I recommend watching this short video essay on the amount of detail and thought that goes into the layout of each page - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dQEfL2BfUM

This book had a lot of hype that I feel was a bit unwarranted. The short form style of writing should be kept to a blog format.

If you've been to Japan and have enjoyed any of Monocle's Travel Guides, this is going to be right up your alley. Beautiful photos, foiled gold details on the cover, and tons of interesting content within. I want to go back after finishing this.