Nick Rankovic

Harry Potter with the undead :)

Dear Catherynne, I really liked your other novel [b:Silently and Very Fast 12887497 Silently and Very Fast Catherynne M. Valente https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1318737963l/12887497.SX50.jpg 18040996] and was hoping for something along these lines. But instead I got a lot of lengthy, barely coherent, nonsensical, occasionally funny but ultimately unsatisfying and exhausting drivel, something that you might find funny the first time, and I guess the second, but definitely not the third and forth and so on, counting up to the number of Elakhsian moons of Sagrada and beyond, and definitely not every bloody time. This was just my feeble attempt to replicate the method of madness, please don't do this again to this reader, thank you.

A really good collection of short stories, each one unique and strong on its own as well. This collection gives me a nice glimpse into Ted Chiang's recurring themes, and I'm looking forward to reading more from him.

Exactly what it says on the tin: advice for writing and life in general. Will be coming back to this one for rereads and inspiration.

Don't know how to rate this. My first Bukowski, recommended to me as a Disco Elysium lover. A raw, depressing and funny depiction of a working class alcoholic, roaming aimlessly around WW2-period USA.