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This was just okay. I think I had really high expectations after "Midnight Library," but I didn't feel quite as pulled into the romantic subplot. The climax where the daughter is the one who pulls out the gun was great, but I can't decide if it was too abrupt or too predictable -- either way, it was enjoyable, but not something that I'd likely recommend to others.
Persephone is the Goddess of Spring by title only. The truth is, since she was …
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It was really fun to read (and steamy!) but I felt like it glossed over some key details to the Persephone-Hades story, like the complete lack of pomegranate seeds or bargaining about how long to stay in the Underworld. I think it’s also personal preference (and more a reflection on my sensibilities with this kind of fan fiction more than anything else), but I didn’t love the wholesale translation of the Greek mythological world into an Athens where there were iPhones, find my friends, and clickbait. It’s not just because of their existence — I think a modern adaptation would be really interesting — and I thought the setup of the gods with their night clubs was clever. Anyways, it doesn’t have to be that deep. An enjoyable, breezy read.
I can’t do any more Greek mythology books right now. After Ariadne, Song of Achilles, and that one other trashy romance novel about Persephone and Hades…let’s come back to this kind of stuff later.
There’s a part of me that is glad I finished it so that I knew what happened in the end, but honestly it wasn’t an enjoyable experience for me. I think I’m tapped out of therapy related books for now.
From a New York Times best-selling author, psychotherapist, and national advice columnist, a hilarious, thought-provoking, …
What an exceptional book! Truly heart wrenching, funny, insightful — all in one. I sobbed a lot during the most painful stories and laughed at tragedies big and small. This was exactly what I needed and gave me so much emotional insight. I am so grateful that this book exists.
From a New York Times best-selling author, psychotherapist, and national advice columnist, a hilarious, thought-provoking, and surprising new book that …
From a New York Times best-selling author, psychotherapist, and national advice columnist, a hilarious, thought-provoking, and surprising new book that …
Ariadne, Princess of Crete, grows up greeting the dawn from her beautiful dancing floor and listening to her nursemaid’s stories …
Ariadne, Princess of Crete, grows up greeting the dawn from her beautiful dancing floor and …
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oh my god, I’m so mad. The ending was BEAUTIFUL and elegant and I am FURIOUS that this is how Ariadne’s story ends when I know there are other versions where she becomes immortal. I know that this is the thing — not all of the myths are told the same way — but man, thinking that she’s going to live forever when she has a devastating, tragic end is…really something.
For the first time in history, we have instantaneous access to the world’s knowledge. There has never been a better …
For the first time in history, we have instantaneous access to the world’s knowledge. There …
I liked this book a lot more than I thought I would! I was really resistant to it at first since I have spent a lot of time making my files conform to the Johnny Decimal system, but I think this form of note taking and organization makes a lot of sense. The real lightbulb moment for me was the fact that your notetaking space should be a working / thinking space, not a storage space. I know that that’s something that should be obvious after reading so much stuff about Zettelkasten, but I thought this was the first time I was really thinking about dynamic file structures as an important component to thinking and working. Really highly recommended!
The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and …
(on hold via Libby)