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Yeah it’s unlike anything else out there really. With the absurdity, the most impactful thing is how close to reality it actually is at times. Really gets across how a bombadier would have felt in wwii.

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If you liked the first, I expect you'll like the second.

R/suggestmeabook, r/fantasy, r/printsf, r/historicalfiction, r/romancebooks and r/horrorlit have got you covered

I LOVE THIS BOOK! So eerie and mysterious, and I found myself enjoying the flashbacks of Miri and Leah's relationship more than I expected. Their relationship just felt so real and lived-in, which made the story that much more emotional for me.

Indeed, and I love Dostoevsky, but this is one of the main reasons that Nabakov was not a fan, and taught his Russian Lit students that D was a lesser Russian writer. I enjoy him more than Tolstoy, for instance, but I understand the critique.

When I was 15 I would've lived for those books. I read much worse faerie fantasy trash back then.

I read them last year (a crusty dusty 29 now) and they're honestly entertaining. I'm not asking for YA romance to be filled with depth and meaning, I want a bunch of drama and action with an interesting world and premise.

I love silly, trashy, shallow thrillers. If they take place at a college, amongst the obscenely rich, or in a small town with seeecrets, I am 100% onboard no matter how dumb the plot is. My fave thing to do in the summer is blow through a bunch of them while at the pool.

I see at least 5 posts asking this question every day. Especially on copywriting subs. So boring now

If you're worried about being replaced by a robot... Idk what to say. You probably deserve it if it happens.

App: I use the libby app and kindleunlimited to read on my phone.

Thanks for that! I can only recall the beginning up until the cuff links and bits and pieces here and there, guess I’m confusing the info with the podcast I listened to after I had read this book.

I vaguely suspected this too, thanks

I do audiobooks alongside ebooks so I can still highlight stuff (quotes I like, plot changes where character/perspective changes, etc) ... sped to x1.10 (presently) or up to x1.3 (most I've done) as and when necessary 😂

A good audiobook reader voice rly makes or breaks the experience though!

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It's actually pretty racist.. :( . This person explains it pretty well

chatgpt writing and the like is very surface level. It typically has correct grammar but there's only as much thought put in as there is by a relatively new writer. You can definitely find middle schoolers writing at the level it outputs, and probably quite a few middle schoolers already past it.

It just doesn't seem to be able to understand how to combine ideas or rely on ideas from prior paragraphs/sections to forward a thesis. I also think most of the automated outputs I've seen have poor word choice and not much attention to the actual flow, language, etc. even when it's trained on language from writers who excel at that.

I wonder if even the pulpiest of books, for undiscerning audiences, could be suitably replicated by ai writing. Like I think even people with low standards for books currently have much higher standards than what it puts out. Maybe in a decade or something those writers may feel some pressure but I kind of doubt it

I got it a while ago (ie a couple of years ago 😌😂🤣) but haven't read! I haven't read Lolita either, actually.

Do you recommend (each/both)?

One of my favorite books. It’s incredible

I get a lot of snarky comments about enjoying them!

Often when reading thrillers you'll find some little thread or two that never really pan out in the end and that always got on my nerves. Harris really planned out the even the subtle details through the characters.

Maybe it is my post college burnout or the new wave of creative writing that makes it hard on top of the resurgent refining of the pallet but it sure does take me a while to find the next story. Thank you for your kind words, I hope you're doing good as well!

I pace a lot when I'm reading on my kindle, just up and down my hallway lol

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I really like having an audiobook I'm listening to that I enjoy. It really motivates me to clean my house and do chores, go out for walks, etc. Things that make me feel productive even though I was essentially just 'reading' the whole time.

Though, I've been reading classics and they often don't translate well into audiobooks

Yep, we mentioned the pungent irony and the very direct, colloquial tone the author chose to convey the messages put forward in the book. Also, the fact that he often uses nonsense to mirror the craziness and - again - nonsense of war