Sarah Schumacher
Added to listPersonal Librarywith 173 books.
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One chapter in, and the writing is redundant and… irritating, like the author is trying really, really hard to convince me this is the most brilliant guy/concept/book ever written. It’s really weird to start a book by saying (and I paraphrase) “the name on the cover isn’t the guy that actually wrote this - it’s me! And he thinks it’s better than if he’d written it!” I get what he’s going for, but also… weird.
One chapter in, and the writing is redundant and… irritating, like the author is trying really, really hard to convince me this is the most brilliant guy/concept/book ever written. It’s really weird to start a book by saying (and I paraphrase) “the name on the cover isn’t the guy that actually wrote this - it’s me! And he thinks it’s better than if he’d written it!” I get what he’s going for, but also… weird.
Added to listMemoirwith 6 books.
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I wanted to read this before watching Miyazaki’s movie, and now that I’ve seen the movie… the book is unequivocally better. I’d actually recommend watching the movie first, otherwise it’s disappointing. The book is excellent and a completely different storyline. My only complaint is the plot is a bit disjointed or hard to follow on a couple points, but it’s still worth reading.
I wanted to read this before watching Miyazaki’s movie, and now that I’ve seen the movie… the book is unequivocally better. I’d actually recommend watching the movie first, otherwise it’s disappointing. The book is excellent and a completely different storyline. My only complaint is the plot is a bit disjointed or hard to follow on a couple points, but it’s still worth reading.
