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John Williams: Stoner (Paperback, 2006, New York Review Books) 4 stars

William Stoner is born at the end of the nineteenth century into a dirt-poor Missouri …

Review of 'Stoner' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Yet another book I've discovered through the read list of Philipp. I should have been warned as from my experience he doesn't make claims like «The saddest book I've read so far» too lightly.

It's a pretty quick read (~ 2 1/2 hours worth of reading time) but it stays in your head for much longer. Basically the whole book is the 101 on «How many small bad decisions - which not looked too bad at the time - tend to pile up and can destroy your life if you run with them» (or to borrow from another review: «life sucks and then you die (in my own words)»).

Which I found pretty easy to relate to and reading this book on my commute to work was probably one of the worse decisions I made recently.

5/5. Would suffer again.