Month: November 2020

Book review: In Search of Lost Time Volume IV: Sodom & Gomorrah

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In Search of Lost Time Volume IV: Sodom & Gomorrah by Marcel Proust.
My rating: 4 of 5 stars.

So, this is volume four of Proust’s epic, and it marks the point of no return, or at least where the presence of the sunk cost fallacy begins to make itself felt.

(I must admit that it was at this point I began to question whether I’d actually finish the text. But having cut through the first couple of volumes, I figured the only way out was through, so ONWARDS.)

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Book review: Talking To My Country

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Talking To My Country by Stan Grant.
My rating: 5 of 5 stars.

My book reviews are generally a bit tongue-in-cheek. You know, a bit of back and forth, a bit of piss-taking.

Not today. Because Talking To My Country is too serious for fucking about.

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Book review: Ultra-Gash Inferno

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Ultra-Gash Inferno by Suehiro Maruo.
My rating: 2 of 5 stars.

So, I’ve read a couple of Suehiro Maruo titles before. You know, extreme ero-guro (don’t google that, frankly) manga that pushes boundaries and buttons.

I’m not easily shocked, and I knew what to expect, so I figured this one should be more of the same: perhaps not great, but interesting nonetheless.

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