Knute the Great

one of the angriest books I have read

Revisado: 01-30-22

brodak's ambivalence — toward her father, toward family, toward happiness, toward writing itself, and toward this world in general — steams off of every page. The reader perceives her sense of betrayal in her confession that she's unable to enjoy any fictional depiction of family, whether positive or negative; and the restless thrust of her prose seems fueled by the wounded desire to break the cycle of love and birth in which we all are caught. Excellent chapters on gambling (and other types of addiction) as a replacement for the larger, more chaotic experience of cyclical time share the stage w/ a despairing, neurotically detailed pursuit of closure between her brain and the brain of her father. What's missing between her excavation of the past and her speculation on her father's imagination's frontier is a notion of a third path, one that moves forward w/ purpose, into th future. But then that is not her problem, alone

(The audiobook narrator doesn't do Brodak a favour by putting mustard on every sentence. calm down, Emily)

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would like to rec this book to everybody I know

Revisado: 12-05-21

Dreyfus & Kelly build their case for pantheism from th single speck of dust of a celebrated heroic act on a new York subway platform, and th speck gets "whooshed up" by an updraft into th upper atmosphere inhabited by th supercooled water droplets known as Moby Dick, Aeschylus, Homer, David Foster Wallace (& Roger Federer), Lou Gehrig, and Eat Pray Love -- building layers of icy clarity before hitting my car's windshield as gnocchi-sized hailstones in th climactic final chapter. A spectacular and shining read 🧚🏿🎇🔮

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Useful for my job working w/ autistic people

Revisado: 11-26-21

somewhat robotically read, though the content was always affecting and entirely relatable -- a good reminder to take a broader view of behaviour and to ask WHY w/r/t instances of meltdowns, repetitive speech, stimming, etc -- not only b/c we will, often enough, w/ practice, arrive @ a sensible answer -- but also b/c to ask and to be open to such an answer is the basis of a loving and respectful relationship 🌬️🕊️🗨️

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needed some kind of visual element

Revisado: 09-21-21

the voice acting was fine in general, w/ Bebe Neuwirth as a conspicuous standout. Many of the stories seem built around vague platitudes -- "A revolution begins as a dream"; "Art confers immortality"; "Death rules supreme over nearly everyone"; "Evil is banal" ...... Overall effect is slight w/o th pictures. Pretty good for a night road trip though

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nostalgia and not much else

Revisado: 07-05-21

weird how bland and wholesome and NPR-esque this was -- mebbe rock'n'roll stars are interesting only when they're giving th man th finger while running up his expense account, hoovering all th drukqs, and furiously shagging everything under th sun; and not when they're vaguely endorsing paths to wellness. I know Stevie Nicks; Stevie Nicks is a friend of mine; and you, sir, etc -- anyhow it was free and mebbe it'll sell some records to th Konmari krowd

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might help you relate to an autistic you know

Revisado: 07-04-21

well-written, vulgar, insightful into a not-well-understood condition -- Thompson unravels some paradoxes and leaves other ones mischievously alone

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aka guide to life for future dads

Revisado: 06-22-21

McConaughey may be a world-class bullshitter; his simple truths bout fatherhood resonate all th same

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You thought your trust in gov could go no lower

Revisado: 04-21-21

O'Neill's patience in building his argument is matched by his drive to bring you the world's hottest, best tea

CHAOS is haunting and will send you down thousands of research rabbit holes of your own

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Best work I've come across on the topic

Revisado: 03-02-21

convinced that listening to this book has made me a better support professional for autistics

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So long and good night Bill Schelly

Revisado: 11-13-19

If th world's nicest person wrote an autobiography, what would it sound like ? Would it be boring, reassuring, sad, optimistic, a horror, a great comfort ? Of COURSE it would ❕ 👍💀

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