Toadocean

So well written. So sweet and melancholic.

Revisado: 06-14-24

Fantastic writing. Melancholic and witty. Beautiful and reflective. He is fully aware of his own mortality and the fleeting of every moment.

There is an expiration date to all of this. I don’t have to tell you that none of us is permanent. We’re just passing through. Here and gone and then somewhere else.

The world is just a rental.

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Existentially beautiful prose

Revisado: 01-14-24

Rough and raw told with beauty and breadth. He is a master and this collection of unyielding dives into existence and strife and struggle is one I will return to again and again.

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Moments of Brilliance

Revisado: 05-31-23

Dancing and lights. Beautiful and brilliant. Some of the brightest flashes of brilliance and introspection. A blending of dream, philosophy, existential and self awareness. Our beautiful irrelevance. How melancholic.

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A masterpiece

Revisado: 05-01-23

The story is the vessel that carries the message. Prose and blood. Beauty and existentialism.

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How can we review Gogol and Rudnicki?

Revisado: 04-17-23

One of the greats being read by one of the greats. This is an essential read. The subtlety of Gogol and the perfection of Rudnicki makes this an important collection to read if you are serious about Russian literature.

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No one dies with dignity

Revisado: 03-23-23

I’ve not read this book for one reason or another. It might be that I had an unjustified air about Tolstoy. But this is beautiful, suffering humanity. It’s a book I believe everyone should read, in order to better understand our own journey and have empathy for other’s journeys. If it all for naught, shouldn’t we make the most of it?

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Brilliant

Revisado: 03-22-23

How relevant and horrible. How well does Tolstoy understand what we all have understood at one point or another. The overwhelming insanity of jealousy and rage. The narrator was perfect.

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Hypocritical bias

Revisado: 03-20-23

I agree whole heartedly that the assumptions that seem to be set in stone by the “historical” and “archeological” communities concerning the rise of cities from the advent of agriculture need more skepticism when analyzing. However, these two are not only questioning, they are unabashedly smearing other’s work. Insinuating that their conclusions don’t lack any evidence or that the gaps are too warily being filled in. Meanwhile, these two do the exact same thing.

They nit pick through evidence and then apply their own conclusions and fill in their own gaps. However, they don’t use the evidence to allow themselves guided to a solution. They, instead, have a solution (bias, ideological belief) already and use that evidence to manipulate it into their own solution. This book is hypocritical in its analysis and biased in its proposals.

I have no doubt they are wise in their field, but they should stick to digging in the dirt and not step into economics, philosophy and sociology.

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Borges, Kafka… beautiful

Revisado: 03-17-23

A gem of metaphysical beauty. It lies somewhere between Borges’ prose and imaginations of immortals and never ending libraries and Kafka’s blunt absolutes of this absurd existence. I adored this book.

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Every American should read

Revisado: 01-16-23

It’s a book and story that every American should know and read.

Horrible horrible horrible

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