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Joined 3 years, 5 months ago

he, him / Italian I didn't read much in my youth, so I'm trying to make it happen now.

My rating usage is pretty common: 1 - belongs in the dumpster 2 - supermarket book stall megasale 3 - either tries too hard or doesn't try enough, but there's some redeeming qualities 4 - finally some decent food 5 - silly! slays on every possible rank

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Harper Lee: Il buio oltre la siepe (Italian language, 2009)

One of the best-loved stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has been translated …

Recensione de "Il buio oltre la siepe"

Romanzo per giovani adultǝ scorrevole e di forte impatto, ma capisco perché molti americani non apprezzino: vederselo obbligato come libro sul tema razzismo nelle scuole non mi sembra proprio il massimo, visto che se lo si analizza con minuzia cade talvolta nella narrativa del salvatore bianco.

Eliott Lilly: The big bad world of concept art for video games (2015)

Insightful, but a tad too self-admiring

This book convinced me that concept art is not what I'm currently seeking in life. Its depiction is probably truthful: harsh environments, crunch, demoralizing but overall satisfying in its own way.

I didn't like the structure of the book: there's more sketches of the writer than writing itself. When there's words, they're in a pretty big font. If I wanted an artbook, I would've bought something else. Plus in certain parts of the book it straight up feels like he's bragging about his own abilities at young age, sounding a tad ageist ("look at what I was able to do at sixteen; could you do this when you were sixteen? If not, well, you better get ready! Because if I have it so though in the industry with my skills, what are you gonna do?" kind of stuff).