It would be so funny if the part about their mannerism was somehow connected?

The first chapter that comes to mind is the first one in Ian Fleming’s “Goldfinger.” I’m pretty sure that it’s called “Reflections in a Glass of Bourbon” where Bond reflects on how he just killed a man while drinking bourbon.

There are more under 30s than above 30s in most book and record stores I visited in the past few years (NL&UK). Not sure if it’s the new generations that’s the problem

Having had no context on Colleen Hoover books beyond how popular they were, I naively assigned too much credit to this book thinking it was gonna reveal some interesting “mad woman” themes and how men manipulate them. Cuz Jeremy can’t be THAT perfect, right? Stiff as a board, allegedly a freak in bed, I was SOOOOOO sure something was up. I was envisioning a Sharp Objects moment where he was keeping Verity ill so he could be her forever caretaker, like some twisted coping mechanism for the loss of his children and need for control…

NOPE. He’s just a perfect little sex fiend. Verity is just crazy… or is sheeeee????? And nothing but flowers for our deliciously slow reader slowen! I screamed every time she’d read a chapter, put it down, fret about how vile Verity is, then tell NO ONE. This book was a lesson in managing expectations.

Mate, this means Asimov isn’t really your thing. But youre suggesting millions of readers judged wrong this trilogy. It’s considered a masterpiece for a reason, maybe you didn’t connect with that reason, and that’s ok. Maybe you would be more comfortable reading Bradbury or P.k.dick. Ps. Who isn’t a writer?

Well yes, if you write a book like Asimov wrote Foundation then there is no chance that it would get published as a new novel today. Tastes have changed in the many decades since he wrote it....if Asimov wrote the same story in 2023 it would read very differently and be more character driven, and probably be 2-3 times as long.

If you don't like it, then don't read it. It's still considered a classic sci-fi novel regardless of your personal opinion of it.

Jack Kerouac’s poetry was terrible. I love his prose, but a great poet he was not.

So anyone claiming Kerouac is his favorite poet probably knows very little about the author.

The new generations get their phones with unlimited access to everything, but have lost record stores and bookstores. The kids will be alright but I still don’t think it was a fair trade.

I’m finishing right now! Last chapter, what a book!

yes, long live Verity. honestly, Verity's knife had more personality than lowen. Jeremy wasn't even that attractive, idk why people were simping over him, he was literally so basic.

also lowen is so much scarier that Verity, like that girl jumped off of a porch ledge just like that, with no explanation behind her sleep walking, she also walked into Verity's room and just slept on her bed and is obsessed with a dead person?! her whole personality is just "my mum died I'm so depressed. I'm such a quirky character who totally isn't basic like every other character.

Verity was the only good part about this book, even though what she did was extremely shitty, her character was better than Jeremy and lowen, she was kinda well written and better than 90% of colleen's other characters

I concur, what a dissappointment

Seriously though. I work late a lot so there are days where I only read two pages a day, It also doesn’t help that I’m such a mood reader.

Plus due to school, there were times where I was only able to read at lunch and on the bus for 20 minutes.

It’s fine. No one is gonna throw you in jail for reading at your own pace.

I would suggest the foundation itself is the main character. I do get your point though.

Haha, thanks buddy, hope yours comes in soon as well!

It’s ridiculous.

https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/11bjoux/comment/j9z4yr9/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

A bad habit compared to what? Snorting lines of coke? It literally doesn’t matter.

Used bookstores are one of my favorite places to be. I’ve often gone in and found myself leaving hours later with a dozen or more finds — sometimes needing a box to get them all home. There’s something about the unknown of what I’ll find that keeps me going back. I’ve discovered lots of authors by coming across their works in a disorganized pile buried in a used bookstore.

Look at you, all good with the technology and stuff!

Haha but that's awesome, thanks for the update, good to know this is finally coming to fruition. I hope you get yours soon!

"The sentences are cumbersome and easy to get lost or confused"

In other words, you couldn't parse out what he was saying in one go, thus it's terrible literature. No, it makes you have to slow down and think. Which is how most classics are.

You should be more concerned about termites in your home than in your books. If they've gotten to your bookshelves then they are probably in a lot of other places. Termites are no joke, and you need to call professionals ASAP.

Not sure how to word it but most of the book takes place in the Crawford home... I just felt like it was quite dry, I had my fingers crossed for a house robbery or something. It's not like I don't enjoy books which take place in the same location, I rated 'Five Survive' five stars and that book will clearly make some people uneasy around tight areas.

I've linked the mini-doc in my OP.

Well, let's say he didn't found cosmic horror, but he wrote in the days before little green men and flying saucers were staples of sci-fi.

He had an amazing process as a writer, to produce about one book a year (alternating mainstream novels as Iain Banks and science fiction as Iain M. Banks).

He’d spend nine months of the year not writing. He’d think about the next novel, but not write anything, instead driving around Scotland to distilleries, making music, whatever. Then, having heavily thought through the book, he’d sit down and write it in three months. Then back to nine months off. Pretty much a dream schedule!

I added a link to the video essay in my original post, so you can judge for yourself how good (or bad) it is. The essay focuses on the merits and demerits of purple prose -- such as Lovecraft's -- and compares/contrasts it with sparse prose -- such as Hemingway's.

Wondering whether Lovecraft draws from stories of sea monsters in an absence of what we would know now as well-worn sci-fi tropes (flying saucers and little green men) was a thought I had while watching it, so you can judge me for that.