I really disliked it. I was pretty into it for the first part of the book and then once they went to Amsterdam it completely, thoroughly derailed. I couldn't disagree more with "Hazel’s trip to Amsterdam with her new boyfriend, Augustus, in search of the reclusive author of a book she loves is fantastic." This is the…

I really disliked it. I was pretty into it for the first part of the book and then once they went to Amsterdam it completely, thoroughly derailed. I couldn't disagree more with "Hazel’s trip to Amsterdam with her new boyfriend, Augustus, in search of the reclusive author of a book she loves is fantastic." This is the…

There are some books that are just like that; for example Master and Margarita is one of them, too - a plurality of people I've met say that that is their favorite book ever, but everyone I've met who didn't like it really hated it (including me). I think it's characteristic of flawed literature, because it requires…

There are some books that are just like that; for example Master and Margarita is one of them, too - a plurality of people I've met say that that is their favorite book ever, but everyone I've met who didn't like it really hated it (including me). I think it's characteristic of flawed literature, because it requires…

The indistinguishable dialogue is one of the things that irks me the most. I can't stand it. Sure you could kind of make the same complaint of Tolstoy that the characters all sound the same but at least the personalities in that are radically, radically different and it's not so irritating.

The indistinguishable dialogue is one of the things that irks me the most. I can't stand it. Sure you could kind of make the same complaint of Tolstoy that the characters all sound the same but at least the personalities in that are radically, radically different and it's not so irritating.

You have time to read, you just choose to do other things instead. It's the extremely rare person who literally doesn't have time to do something. If you wanted to read enough, you'd make time for it.

You have time to read, you just choose to do other things instead. It's the extremely rare person who literally doesn't have time to do something. If you wanted to read enough, you'd make time for it.

I can't imagine that she finished the job, but if so, I'm put in mind of how dogs will sometimes eat their vomit and then throw it up again in a vicious (and disgusting) cycle

My memory, from skimming through this book once, is that he shares an anecdote in which he and Ace Frehley made a bet as to who could go the longest without showering and still get head from groupies. The bet ended when, mid-blowjob, some girl vomited spaghetti all over Ace's crotch.

Wow, those are really depressingly generic. I've read 20 of their list and 25 user generated but nearly all of those were for school and I only really loved like two or three and found many tiresome (more true of the user generated list in fact). It strikes me as being that same principle where the option that's most…

I just started in on Demons again and a bunch of literary criticism about it. I was crazy about it when I was reading it before but after reading Anna Karenina just now, which is very concerned with the honest expression of genuine emotions and how one can live in as authentically as possible a way, Demons now seems…

Coming from English I feel like German would be way way easier to do that with than almost any other language. I can at least confidently attest that it'd be way easier than with Latin, French, Romanian or a Slavic language. You can basically read the easier sentences already if you speak English; most native English…

My dad loved it (he loves Peter Ackroyd's books in general, too).

I agree that Bottle Rocket is not that 'Wes-Anderson-y' as we currently perceive his style but I love it - I'm hard pressed to say whether it or Royal Tenenbaums is my favorite. It's very stripped down and more genuine than the more stylized, later movies. I love how you can see the evolution of his style forecast in…

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Have you seen that documentary about the rabbits that lived between the walls, Rabbit à la Berlin? In 2009 my university did a week of special events for the 20th anniversary of the wall coming down (also, my roommate and I had an Ostalgie party) and I saw it then. It's really good and interesting.

I thought he was maybe the best part of the movie. He is one of the most interesting characters in the book (to me, more interesting than Anna) and I think Jude Law did just a perfect job - he really WAS Karenin to me.

I thought he was maybe the best part of the movie. He is one of the most interesting characters in the book (to me, more interesting than Anna) and I think Jude Law did just a perfect job - he really WAS Karenin to me.

"THAT'S THE GUY SHE LEAVES HER FAMILY FOR? I wouldn't give up everything for that tool bag" is the same reaction I had over and over again based on the character of Vronsky in the book. I wouldn't give up *anything*, he's an annoying fop whose only character traits are being in love with Anna and sometimes thinking…