Radu Muresan

Would have been a great thrilling short story.

Average toxic yaoi story, but with Romanian glasses on <3

Hard for love to come through when bullets are flying left and right...

Very repetitive and with the scandal behind it, a bit confused, but the overall concept is very helpful.

The direction in the last pages comes out of nowhere, but besides that random philosophical last act, this was a fun read.

Not the best choice to follow-up Seneca with. Few paragraphs that will go in my journal, for sure, but overall, I felt lost within the words and historic examples... maybe I will pick up an annotated edition in the future.

A bit harder to understand than expected, but with the additional notes, this is a great philosophy pillar.

A lot of small changes that apparently have a big impact, time to put them to test.

Didn't expect this to be a short story collection so I was blown away after the first one just ended?

From everything I've read and watched regarding the Holocaust, Primo Levi's words are among the most dehumanizing.

Left me so cold and wondering how far we are from this reality, or maybe we are living it without even knowing it...

I don't think I've read more vivid descriptions than these, but still, a bit too much sometimes.

This brain of ours is really strange sometimes, but hey, we at least get to have musicogenic epilepsy (the most intriguing case from this book).

Kind of a bummer to be honest... the concept of nature taking revenge on humanity is so up my alley, but it's incredible how little of that is explored, focusing more on astrology because crazy old lady protagonist :)

A very personal read, with insights on one of the best filmmakers ever from the man himself. With bits and pieces from behind the scenes of his famous (and not so famous) films, but also a lot of internal monologues and emotional breakdowns.

As a fan of Villeneuve's vision of Dune, I would say this is a must read.

I was always a fan of Backman's style, heartwarming stories with charming characters, so I see it fit for his magnum opus (from what I've read) to be among my favorites.

I'm not sure how to feel about it, the whole letter idea is very intriguing, but the execution and lack of Miss Marple (she's in the book for like, 10 pages?) left me wanting a bit more. The Poirot series doesn't compare to Marple (maybe because Agatha likes for Marple to not even be in her own series?) from what I've read till now...

Ca o compilatie de invataturi si ganduri din celelalte scrisori pe care le-am citit.

At the beginning, I didn't know how to feel about it, but it became better and better, with the last pages being a blast.

Time > Memory > Ruin

La fel ca si filmele, printre cele mai sfasietoare momente vazute si citite vreodata...

Nu cred ca e o coincidenta faptul ca ambele carti din Imperiul m-au bagat in reading slump, asa ca fuck off Asimov, sa nu te mai vad o vreme ca ma bagi in mormant.

Nu stiu la ce ma asteptam sincer... as putea la fel de bine sa dau cu zarul in orice capitol cand vine vorba de adevar. Adeseori ma gandeam ca asta e scenariu de film la cum vorbesc si se comporta oamenii (si bineinteles ca domnul Pacepa este un ingeras care doar se uita la restu cum fac prostii... serios?).

“Este mai bine sa fim dispretuiti pentru simplitate decat sa ne chinuim intr-o vesnica prefacatorie.”

Nu stiu cum, dar Tchaikovsky reuseste sa ma faca empatic si pentru niste paraziti???