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Jack Edwards
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in London, The United Kingdom
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January 2019
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The Uni-Verse: The Ultimate Guide to Surviving University
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is 85% done withThe Ministry of Time
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| this reads like a Wes Anderson movie in the form of a book -- an interesting discussion about how trauma sells, and a fun allegory about the way people (especially in publishing) profit from other's stories / tragedies, sacrificing the truth in favou ...more | |
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I knew this was going to be a 5 star read from the very first paragraph and it somehow just got better and better Gorgeous writing with meticulous attention to detail; characters so real they walk off the page; dialogue so believable you forget there’ ...more |
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| This book does what it says on the tin: the magic truly is in the details. Some will say this is a novel where "nothing happens" but I think that's actually the point. The Details encourages us to slow down and stop looking at the big picture of life ...more | |
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being delulu is not the solulu!!!!! this was genuinely very witty and funny, it's rare that a book makes me laugh out loud but i thoroughly enjoyed this one. a quick easy read - albeit frustrating because the main character is in a terrible predicame ...more |
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| This book specifically documents one woman's experience living in Sarajevo during the Bosnian War, but also speaks to a wider truth of human perseverance in times of conflict. It recounts the trauma, isolation, and devastation of war, but also the re ...more | |
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The title "Pageboy" is so perfect I wanted to give this book 5 stars just for that. -- This memoir describes a truly heartbreaking experience with homophobia and gender dysphoria, as well as a pretty bleak look at the abuse that goes on within the ente ...more |
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“One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.”
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“His talent was as natural as the pattern that was made by the dust on a butterfly's wings. At one time he understood it no more than the butterfly did and he did not know when it was brushed or marred. Later he became conscious of his damaged wings and of their construction and he learned to think and could not fly any more because the love of flight was gone and he could only remember when it had been effortless.”
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“The train was nearly twenty minutes late, an excellent performance by British Rail standards.”
― Trainspotting
― Trainspotting
“I hadn't even the necessary credentials for schoolmastering - that last refuge of the unsuccessful literary man”
― Lions and Shadows: An Education in the Twenties
― Lions and Shadows: An Education in the Twenties
“Fame is the enemy of instinct and spontaneity, the difference between what is said and what ought to be said, and the transformation of one person into two”
― A River Dies of Thirst: Journals
― A River Dies of Thirst: Journals
