Raymond Smith

a telling boomer piece

Revisado: 01-20-25

today I learned that boomers were discriminating against veterans. that's not what the book says, this just feels like boomers telling in themselves. the author makes the case for why veterans are ideal employees. the whole thing looks like another pseudo intellectual trying to control the narrative.

a not negligible amount of the book is spent making it sound like an appeal to traditional values and romanticizing the discipline taught in boot camps.

I probably wouldn't even notice if the author wasn't so tone deaf to the job market Americans face when he compares old vs. young recruiters.

this is the kind of book I'd recommend to a problematic aunt so that she can learn some entry level modern statistics & learn a little bit about the world / hopefully use this "safe" addition to her frame of reference to start questioning some of the more unsubstantiated shit she'd normally say.

while touching; a whole back half of this think piece is just an anecdotal story about the resilience of our soldiers.

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A tragic interlude, reflective of the third installment of any trilogy

Revisado: 04-16-24

They're building up to Damon becoming more monstrous, but his being a monstrosity doesn't have amy noteworthy consequences; its mostly just too cute.

right? they do a good job ramping the stakes up for a sequel, but I rather would have seen a situation where Damon breaks Melina's trust in a key way that set's up a lot of shame as the plot resolves followed by a monster-coming-to-terms- with-his-monstrosity (like hellboy or swamp thing in the third book.

if this is the empire of the series or the Darkest hours of a larger story, then maybe I didn't need the happy ending.

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good everything

Revisado: 02-20-24

good everything, no notes, I don't like lit rpgs, but this was an epic and immersion production.

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Great stuff. Minimal notes.

Revisado: 05-18-23

I wish they'd make a space to talk more about the politics preceding Ramses. Like, this is a great lesson in authoritarianism and what it looks like; but a separate audiobook talks about this politically motivated assassination of Tut, so I wish I saw how we went from The Cult of Amun's reaction to Atek's revision, & how that assassination benefited Tut's following Pharoahs into the 19th Dynasty... I feel like there's a cultural movement there I'm missing.

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It's bad.

Revisado: 02-07-23

The first chapter sells itself as a thriller. It's not a mystery, it's a romance.

The world building collapses in on itself such that the entire setting revolves around the main character. I would have been way happier with a smaller story with less stakes, not knowing exactly what a soulless character is.

The romance is gross. The love interest is a werewolf, and they can do all sorts of shape changes on purpose, but also by habit and accident depending on what the scene needs. so... during the make out scene in the middle of the book, all I could do was picture a tounge like a great dane and gag in the middle of the office.

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be ready for psychoanalysm

Revisado: 12-29-22

they used Freudian models for psychology appropriately, but I definitely didn't expect it. just be prepared for that.

it helps to have a strong background in mythology before you read this. The author tries to teach you mythology and psychology in symbols at the same time, and you're better off having a well rounded background in mythology before going through this. if I didn't enjoy mythology, then I know I would have been absurdly lost.

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