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cryptidcrouton

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A Little Life
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  • Frankenstein
    On morality in Frankenstein (whole book spoilers)
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  • How do you decide which book format to go for?

    So you have a book you want to read - it's on the shelf of your local library, it's available as an audiobook as well as an e-book, and you see it at your local independent bookshop. What's your thought process in deciding which to go for??!

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  • How do you decide which book format to go for?

    So you have a book you want to read - it's on the shelf of your local library, it's available as an audiobook as well as an e-book, and you see it at your local independent bookshop. What's your thought process in deciding which to go for??!

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  • The Remains of the Day
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    Nov 08, 2025
    5.0
    Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 5.0Characters: 4.0Plot: 4.0

    Went into this blind, and I'm glad I did. Such a pleasant read as it's so beautifully written! Definitely my favourite of Ishiguro's work thus far

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  • Shuggie Bain
    cryptidcrouton
    Nov 02, 2025
    2.0
    Enjoyment: 2.0Quality: 1.5Characters: 2.5Plot: 1.5

    This was page after page of all the depressing things that can ever happen, ever. At least A Little Life had beautiful prose, and small moments of hope and joy - this had none.

    Found the writing a little too... surface level? All description/retelling of events, whereas I wanted to know what the characters were really feeling, and what they're thinking

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  • Falling back in love with reading

    I go through periods of life where I barely touch a book, and then there are weeks like this week, where it’s all I want to do and I’m consuming books to live. I was thinking about it today and I just feel so lucky to be able to read in so many different formats. It’s so great to be able to go for a walk or play a cozy game and be absorbing a narrative at the same time, or curl up in the evening with a cup of tea and my kindle or a physical book. Hell, this might be TMI but I’ve even replaced my bathroom doomscrolling with reading. It feels like the more I fall back in love with reading, the more I fall back in love with life again too. Am I alone in this? I hope not. How are others finding ways to fill in reading time?

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