She's not particularly easy to empathize on a social level. She's enjoyed a lot of luck in life leading up to her diagnosis, and the journalist in her seems to not want to go into a deeper exploration of her emotions. As a result, I didn't connect with the material at all.
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Matthew Merkovich rated The priests of Ferris: 3 stars
Matthew Merkovich rated American Gods + Anansi Boys: 2 stars
Matthew Merkovich rated Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: 2 stars
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter, #7)
Harry has been burdened with a dark, dangerous and seemingly impossible task: that of locating and destroying Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes. …
Matthew Merkovich rated Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: 2 stars
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter, #6)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is a fantasy novel written by British author J.K. Rowling and the sixth and …
Matthew Merkovich rated Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: 2 stars
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter, #3)
'Welcome to the Knight Bus, emergency transport for the stranded witch or wizard. Just stick out your wand hand, step …
Matthew Merkovich rated Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: 2 stars
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter, #5)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling and …
Matthew Merkovich rated Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: 2 stars
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter, #4)
When the Quidditch World Cup is disrupted by Voldemort's rampaging supporters alongside the resurrection of the terrifying Dark Mark, it …
Matthew Merkovich rated Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: 2 stars
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter, #2)
Harry Potter is a wizard. He is in his second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The three …
Matthew Merkovich rated Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: 2 stars
Matthew Merkovich rated The priests of Ferris: 4 stars
Matthew Merkovich rated The Halfmen of O: 4 stars
I could relate to her struggle with her own mortality and struggle with ALS, but ...
She's not particularly easy to empathize on a social level. She's enjoyed a lot of luck in life leading up to her diagnosis, and the journalist in her seems to not want to go into a deeper exploration of her emotions. As a result, I didn't connect with the material at all.
Matthew Merkovich reviewed Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
How a wealthy powerful person feels when her wealthy powerful husband dies.
2 stars
Hard to empathize with the author with all the socioeconomic baggage she lays out in this book, and she appears to have no self awareness about this. Having spent a life in the movie business myself, I've met many like her. She seems to be the prototypical limousine liberal.
Hard to empathize with the author with all the socioeconomic baggage she lays out in this book, and she appears to have no self awareness about this. Having spent a life in the movie business myself, I've met many like her. She seems to be the prototypical limousine liberal.
Matthew Merkovich reviewed Dying: A Memoir by Cory Taylor
Not much about mortality or dying here.
2 stars
Really a remembrace of the author's familial relationdships.
Really a remembrace of the author's familial relationdships.