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Romantical Skeptic’s
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3.9
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Romantical Skeptic’s first review of the year
really liked it
I liked this so much and the narrator (Sneha Mathan) was phenomenal! But I couldn't quite place what "class" of Indian people this was or whether this was complete fantasy. The construct of the story was very "American" -- the characters seem to behave with more agency, demand to be the directors of their own life, want things like freedom and have attitudes much more in line with a story about Americans.
But ultimately, it didn't matter. It was ...more
But ultimately, it didn't matter. It was ...more
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Romantical Skeptic’s last review of the year
really liked it
My favorite bits (not exact quotes, but my approximations from notes on the audiobook):
- The great thing about writing, as opposed to climbing Mount Everest, or raising children, or going to war, is that the work sits still. What we did yesterday, stays intact on the page; we can rethink it, revise it, rework it tomorrow.
- A great [epiphanic] moment not only defines the stakes and the jeopardy for the protagonist, and for the audience, but it res ...more
- The great thing about writing, as opposed to climbing Mount Everest, or raising children, or going to war, is that the work sits still. What we did yesterday, stays intact on the page; we can rethink it, revise it, rework it tomorrow.
- A great [epiphanic] moment not only defines the stakes and the jeopardy for the protagonist, and for the audience, but it res ...more
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