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yeeiser t1_jegtzu9 wrote
Reply to comment by Legitimate_Policy2 in Gulag Archipelago Volume 2 - Thoughts by Squiby123
Istg reddit communists have some sort bat-signal for whenever someone says something slightly critical of their ideology. They constantly come out of the woodworks in this sub
baddspellar t1_jegtxib wrote
Reply to comment by FlyingPolar-Bear in Weekly Recommendation Thread: March 31, 2023 by AutoModerator
The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human , by Siddhartha Mukherjee
VivianSherwood t1_jegttg5 wrote
I disliked the ending of The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair. It had an awesome beginning and for a while it was such a page turner and I was expecting a really juicy ending but then we get that mellow, romantic ending.
VivianSherwood t1_jegt978 wrote
Reply to comment by KimBrrr1975 in What crime / thriller book has the most frustrating ending in your opinion? by FormerFruit
I'm with you, I can't understand the hype around "Gone Girl", crappy book overall and such a crappy ending. I loved her other smaller book, I think it was called Little Liars (edit the book I'm thinking about is "The Grownup")
jamesvabrams t1_jegt181 wrote
Reply to Fahrenheit 451 Co-opted? by ViolinistFamiliar187
Just burn those pamphlets.
[deleted] t1_jegsyrl wrote
Reply to comment by vivahermione in I read an article about Missouri’s House cutting funding to their libraries and it made me really sad. by poopmaester41
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VivianSherwood t1_jegss8u wrote
Reply to comment by Rich_Librarian_7758 in What crime / thriller book has the most frustrating ending in your opinion? by FormerFruit
Oh my I was going to mention these two books exactly!!!! I hated both those endings! "The Guest List" was meh from the beginning but "The Silent Patient" was coming along nicely until that terrible, lame ending!
APwilliams88 t1_jegslvk wrote
Reply to comment by Jackflack42 in Coincidences by Waldoggydog
I have Covid right now. Thankfully it's not tube neck, but it's certainly not fun.
VivianSherwood t1_jegsgb3 wrote
Reply to What did you guys think of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb? by quack-itswhack
Ohhh I love it so much. I follow Lori on Instagram and every time I see her posts I remember her book and how amazing it is. It was such a candid, emotional book that looks at people and their problems with a level of empathy I can only aspire to. And yes, Julie was my favorite too, just thinking about her makes me want to cry. Btw I didn't know the author mixed her patient's stories, I assumed she reproduced them with their consent ahah thank you for teaching me that
jaymickef t1_jegsabs wrote
Reply to comment by RoseIsBadWolf in Would Lord of the Flies be the same story if it was boys and girls stranded on the island instead of just boys? by Ill_Definition8074
Yes. This is the closest real life example:
Britonator t1_jegrjsu wrote
Reply to counterfeit books by officialtif
Please do report the listing as counterfeit! Counterfeits not only harm businesses financially, but they harm consumers as well!
dynamic_argon t1_jegrj9m wrote
This is why I liked the newsflesh series. Great writing and characters that did jot focus solely on zombies but the aftermath of dealing with them
elwoodowd t1_jegrf9h wrote
Now and again, novels try to become literature. They get more and more 'literature', until they are unreadable.
At which point i think genres, are each clearly and obviously, a hormone. Western is one, romance is another. Mystery shall in this short reference remain undefined, as seems appropriate.
To be fair, this is an decade of mixed hormones, to mix my metaphors.
eschuylerhamilton t1_jegr2t3 wrote
Is this post a joke?
farseer4 t1_jegquxb wrote
Reply to Would Lord of the Flies be the same story if it was boys and girls stranded on the island instead of just boys? by Ill_Definition8074
The problem is that this is not real life, but fiction. Therefore it would go however the writer wanted it to go.
In real life, they probably wouldn't be killing each other either way. Most people are gregarious, and they have an incentive to cooperate in order to procure food and shelter. (As long as there's enough food to be obtained, of course. Otherwise things will get ugly).
HeySlimIJustDrankA5 t1_jegq0um wrote
Reply to comment by DiagonallyStripedRat in Do you think it's still possible to create new genres? by DiagonallyStripedRat
My bad. Tragedy and comedy.
Fix’d.
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swiftlyemo t1_jegpkcw wrote
Reply to comment by Puzzleheaded_Elk836 in Young adult book. by Puzzleheaded_Elk836
-Nerve by Jeanne Ryan (also a movie with Dave Franco and Emma Roberts)
It’s about this anonymous online game to win money where you have to complete dares. She has a partner for it. But the dares keep getting more and more dangerous. And they have to decide how much they’re willing to risk their lives for the prize.
The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett by Chelsea Sedoti
This girl, Lizzie, decides to look into the case of a popular girl that went missing in her town. Everyone thinks the boyfriend did it. But she gets a job at the place the girl worked at, befriends the boyfriend etc. it’s a coming of age story.
-What Kind of Girl by Alyssa Sheinmel
It’s about a girl in high school and her boyfriend hits her. She tells her principal about it and it basically follows the aftermath of everyone at school finding out. The people who believe her, the people who don’t, what the school and the town do and don’t do with the situation.
Those are the ones that came to mind. I don’t know if they’re at all what you’re interested in. I haven’t been reading YA too much lately but I tried haha
ConneryLazenby t1_jegphus wrote
Reply to Stoner by John Williams blew me away by BroncoAccountant
Book is 🔥. I'm a sucker for books about miserable pricks!
DiagonallyStripedRat OP t1_jegpe4c wrote
Reply to comment by HeySlimIJustDrankA5 in Do you think it's still possible to create new genres? by DiagonallyStripedRat
And tragedy?
DiagonallyStripedRat t1_jegpath wrote
Reply to comment by j_palazzolo in Just finished The Sword of Destiny (The Witcher #2) by No_Cockroach_5048
The games are enjoyable especially when you read the books ^^
berettaextrema t1_jegonsv wrote
Reply to comment by officialtif in counterfeit books by officialtif
Check their feedback, I bet other buyers in your situation have left negative feedback for these scammers.
markireland t1_jegollm wrote
Reply to Would Lord of the Flies be the same story if it was boys and girls stranded on the island instead of just boys? by Ill_Definition8074
- Death row is almost all male. 2. Girls do mature earlier but there are mean girls. 3. I imagine couples forming with alliances.
HeySlimIJustDrankA5 t1_jegol60 wrote
I mean, if you REALLY want to get into semantics (especially the Greek ones), all genres falls into the category of “tragedy ” or “comedy”. Anything beyond that is based on a series of tropes that get associated with each other over time. I think it’s possible but I wouldn’t go looking for its name before I have its number.
danila_medvedev t1_jegu61v wrote
Reply to counterfeit books by officialtif
If the books were not found anywhere else, probably do not report. The seller is misleading buyers, but he provides a valuable service. May be warn him in a DM not to misrepresent the books and warn that you could report him. But better to have access to books in such a way than not.
if he was selling HP copies or something, then reporting him would be ok.