Good for fans of technological sci-fi that don't mind the lack of an overarching story. My issue with this book is that I just wasn't that interested in the tech and Bob isn't that interesting of a character because he seems completely devoid of introspection and even though the author claims that the clones are all different, they were still written in the exact same voice (kind of a smarmy, Big Bang Theory style of nerd). It started to grate after awhile. Also there were basically no female characters and even when Bob meets the Deltians, literal aliens, the author makes it clear that they have similar gender hierarchies and roles. It's just so unimaginative.

A lot of good insights and tips and tricks to make deep work part of your routine. This book came out before TikTok and Reels really took off and I feel like his advice re social media is needed now more than ever as our attention spans are continuously eroded. That being said, there are parts that fell flat. The author presents deep work as a way to make yourself a more valueable cog in a ruthlessly capitalistic machine and presents billionaires as individuals to emulate without ever really digging into the less savory parts of their history or questioning whether it's even ethical to have an economy set up in a way that consolidates power and wealth in the hands of the few.

One aspect I found hilarious is that JK Rowling was cited as an example of someone who stayed away from social media...lol that part has not aged well at all.

I just wish that they had written one strong book instead of a shallow novella. The plot is thin, we get little time for character development, and the box itself simply isn't very scary. Even the Randall Flagg cameo is weak since he is completely lacking any menace. The other two novellas may be better, but i'm not interested in finding out.

A very good book that illustrates the complicity that allowed places like the Magdalene laundries to exist. The writing was tight and straightforward but still evocative and you're left with a good understanding of Furlong and his motivations. Could have been just a tiny bit longer to really flesh the story out more.

Il n’a jamais été aussi facile de devenir végane, et Zaccour propose une analyse concise et limpide des liens entre le véganisme et le féminisme. Le plus beau cadeau à s’offrir, et à offrir aux autres, en cette période des Fêtes, c’est un exemplaire de ce livre

A good primer for individuals learning about socialism through a feminist lens. Reading it after Trump's second election and in the face of rising global right wing authoritarianism is pretty depressing, which is why the last chapter is so important. Political despair spurs political inaction and the book serves as a call to arms for millennial women in particular to reject the status quo. None of this is inevitable, which means it can be changed.

I like a good gothic story and this one had some interesting elements. There was a surprising amount of body horror and I enjoyed how the ending played with time. It was ultimately just sort of ok and pacing issues in the middle made it drag a touch.

Not much to say about this one. It's a competently told haunted house story with a light eldritch horror feel. Solid, but nothing in it really excited me.

So this is a book about sexual violence that, for the most part, was handled ok. I was kind of shocked that the book ended with the main character never really coming to terms with her ex's abuse. The book would have been much stronger if she had put those pieces together earlier and grappled with the emotional fallout. Plot-wise, the haunting of the other artists didn't feel that coherent and Gail's choices at the end were absolutely bonkers when you consider the fact that the "hotel" closed down in the 1800s...there is no reputation to save. I also hated that Kyle makes a sudden appearance in the last 20 pages. It felt so hacky and gives the reader a tidy resolution that undermines the verisimilitude of the story. Real survivors don't get that kind of catharsis and i would have liked to have seen Sarah navigate that. Reading thr author's note, I commend her for tackling the subject but I'm leaving this book really disappointed because, with a few tweaks, it could have been something really special.

Well I've never read a book like this before. I enjoyed the use of floor plans and found myself really trying to puzzle out what made them so creepy. Unfortunately, the plot and characters felt pretty flat and once the mystery was revealed it all seemed painfully silly rather than unsettling.

Really liked the setting of an Italian haunted house, which is why I found the second half of the book a bit bewildering. Taken out of that milieu, the ghost becomes way less scary. More of an annoying roommate than anything. Anna herself was pretty pretentious as a character (and the thing about her throwing away her stunning art was an annoying affectation) but i think that's by design. The reader, like Anna's family, is supposed to find her a bit exasperating and I actually quite liked the throughline with Anna's family and the fact that she had to "give up the ghost" with them.