What did you read this year?
Yazzy the worm’s
average rating for
2024
3.5
3.5
i tried my best to get through this book, but decided i've had enough after the line about 'nobody wanting to date a girl that looks like she was let out of Auschwitz' around the 100th page mark.
who is this book written for? it's depressing. there's tons of weird remarks about africans and "third world countries". don't even get me started on the stereotypical gay guy friend who has NOTHING better to do than listening to his frustrated friend ta ...more
who is this book written for? it's depressing. there's tons of weird remarks about africans and "third world countries". don't even get me started on the stereotypical gay guy friend who has NOTHING better to do than listening to his frustrated friend ta ...more
i thought this was going to be a TOUGH read (Dostoyevsky is to blame) but it was the complete opposite! it's a long book but i wished some parts were longer and that's a lot coming from someone with a severe attention deficit.
the first Pontius Pilate chapter is a masterpiece on it's own, extremely humanizing reinterpretation.
YES the book paints a beautiful panoramic picture of the 1930s soviet society, all in an easy to understand format, but it' ...more
the first Pontius Pilate chapter is a masterpiece on it's own, extremely humanizing reinterpretation.
YES the book paints a beautiful panoramic picture of the 1930s soviet society, all in an easy to understand format, but it' ...more