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A lot of repetition, very little insight

Revisado: 05-05-24

An hour in, the single point that’s been made is that a sovereign can print its own money. She’s said this around 15 times, but not yet explained how that doesn’t devalue the currency. I’ve had enough.

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Too much Kara Swisher

Revisado: 03-12-24

If you’ve listened to any of her recent podcast appearances, you’ve heard the best of this book.

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Like reading a 26 year old’s master’s thesis

Revisado: 10-08-23

Lacks any real insight or direction - the writer is mostly just caught up in detailing her intellectual journey. I’m an hour in and she still hasn’t landed on how she wants to define a cult for the purpose of the book. Not a good sign when she professes to be able to uncover the language she calls “cultish”.

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Ok at best

Revisado: 10-08-23

Details the investigation over 40 or so years - there’s a lot of police politics and wrong turns leading to the eventual Hail Mary conviction using DNA and genealogy.

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Lost the will to live

Revisado: 12-24-22

Excellent preface with intresting commentary on the state of religion and law at the bridge from the medieval to the modern age. But after that the author essentially narrates what feels like every mundane event in the life of a number of characters in a new world settlement. I lost the will to live after 4 hours, but maybe others will get more from it.

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Slow to start, but stick with it

Revisado: 03-18-22

The first half of the book reads like a biography of the family, and initially seems a bit pointless - but acts as powerful evidence of ingrained attitudes and behaviours once the focus moves to the opiod epidemic. Overall a solid read, marred slightly by a slow start.

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A Preponderance of Provincial Politics

Revisado: 03-11-22

Not great, a lot of the author telling you how much cleverer (better, more moral, etc) she is than others, with a way too much detail on conducting local journalism, and provincial politics between journals / news outlets / etc. Booooooooring.

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Typical Modern Art Book

Revisado: 02-27-22

Modern art is apparently about the idea or philosophy behind a piece, but this (like pretty much any other book on the topic I’ve read) skims over the thinking and wastes pages on describing what you see when you look at the work while pontificating about the ‘genius’ of the artist.

If you’re not convinced by modern art, this book will do little to change your mind. Either modern art is in itself lacking, or people who write about it are not expressing themselves well. In either case, save yourself a credit.

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Patchy at Best

Revisado: 12-24-21

There’s some good stuff here, but there’s also a good deal of poorly-written over-acted tosh. Not the worst, but overall not worth a credit.

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Perilously Dull

Revisado: 09-27-21

If you want 13+ hours of tiresome detail about the 2020 democratic election strategy / campaign, this is the book for you. Otherwise, maybe leave the series incomplete. “I Alone Can Fix It” is much more entertaining.

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