Justin's Updates en-US Sun, 23 Feb 2025 18:17:13 -0800 60 Justin's Updates 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Friend1417352043 Sun, 23 Feb 2025 18:17:13 -0800 <![CDATA[<Friend user_id=2184529 friend_user_id=181668460 top_friend=false>]]> Review198945042 Sun, 23 Feb 2025 18:16:16 -0800 <![CDATA[Justin added 'The Longest Journey']]> /review/show/198945042 The Longest Journey by E.M. Forster Justin gave 3 stars to The Longest Journey (Paperback) by E.M. Forster
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]]> Review7264151463 Mon, 27 Jan 2025 17:19:52 -0800 <![CDATA[Justin added 'Statues in a Garden']]> /review/show/7264151463 Statues in a Garden by Isabel Colegate Justin gave 2 stars to Statues in a Garden (Mass Market Paperback) by Isabel Colegate
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Not as gripping as Colegate's later novels, and especially unreadable in the recentish Bloomsbury edition, which is so badly proofread that I have a hard time believing any human so much as glanced at it before publication. Full stops are just kind of scattered at random. throughout sentences but also left out entirely you never know if a sentence has ended. or not it is like reading classical texts with. no punctuation at all except even worse because there is punctuation it is just. randomly distributed

I abandoned the novel because of this. ]]> Comment280784609 Mon, 16 Sep 2024 12:00:05 -0700 <![CDATA[Justin commented on Justin's review of My Struggle, Book Two]]> /review/show/1010584968 Justin's review of My Struggle, Book Two
by Karl Ove Knausgård

Done! Well met, Nika! ]]> Comment278618685 Fri, 26 Jul 2024 11:23:35 -0700 <![CDATA[Justin commented on Justin's review of Água Viva]]> /review/show/1703112277 Justin's review of Água Viva
by Clarice Lispector

That's dispiriting--I always hope to blame the translators (who should also get more praise). Thanks, Marco. ]]> Comment278618631 Fri, 26 Jul 2024 11:22:07 -0700 <![CDATA[Justin commented on Justin's review of I]]> /review/show/1790567195 Justin's review of I
by Wolfgang Hilbig

Thanks, Caroline! I'll put that new one on my list. ]]> Comment278618582 Fri, 26 Jul 2024 11:20:39 -0700 <![CDATA[Justin commented on Justin's review of Black Skin, White Masks]]> /review/show/6678299817 Justin's review of Black Skin, White Masks (Penguin Modern Classics)
by Frantz Fanon

Fair, Al. Fair. But I had nothing to say that others have not said! I find myself reserving five stars to even more classic classics, I guess. ]]> Review6704079351 Fri, 26 Jul 2024 11:15:01 -0700 <![CDATA[Justin added 'The Shortest History of India: From the World’s Oldest Civilization to Its Largest Democracy―A Retelling for Our Times']]> /review/show/6704079351 The Shortest History of India by John Zubrzycki Justin gave 4 stars to The Shortest History of India: From the World’s Oldest Civilization to Its Largest Democracy―A Retelling for Our Times (The Shortest History Series) by John Zubrzycki
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]]> Review6678319899 Wed, 17 Jul 2024 12:32:32 -0700 <![CDATA[Justin added 'Marxism and the Origins of British Socialism: The Struggle for a New Consciousness']]> /review/show/6678319899 Marxism and the Origins of British Socialism by Stanley Pierson Justin gave 4 stars to Marxism and the Origins of British Socialism: The Struggle for a New Consciousness (Hardcover) by Stanley Pierson
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Justin Evans liked Ryan O'Malley's review of Marxism and the Origins of British Socialism: The Struggle for a New Consciousness:
Marxism and the Origins of British Socialism by Stanley Pierson
"British socialism has a fascinating story. The story was not told very convincingly here. I thought the different ways in which 19th century leaders found socialism was interesting. However, I thought the author was too broad in the descriptions of each type of belief system. I would prefer specifics on what was truly different in the mindsets of the different beliefs. "
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