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After reading several of your reviews, I’m coming to understand your taste and where it’s similar and where it differs from mine.
I do not particularly like SF, but Orbital was a fascinating and beautifully written book about the experience of being in a space station chronicling the experiences of the astronauts for one day. I came to understand why people chose such a demanding and unreal profession. I admit I would not have picked it up or continued to read if it wasn’t for a book group. It made the experience of Artemis II that more interesting to me.
Agree with you about Heart the Lover. I was engaged, but could have easily never read it. I only think about it when it comes up on someone’s list. Don’t really understand its popularity.
Maybe I should try it again! It might have been that I was trying it in the middle of a bunch of other meh books.
regarding Heart the Lover, I’m glad I’m not alone. I tried Writers & Lovers because everyone said it was even better, but it had a lot of what I thought was gratuitous sexual content at the beginning, so I quit.
The violence level is very helpful to know about The Long Walk. I keep trying to read King's books and getting distracted by how gratuitous it feels even for thriller/horror (looking specifically at 11/22/63 here--there was NO reason for all that). I loved Bird by Bird when I read it!
I have a plan to write a post with a guide to Stephen King’s books that contain all trigger warnings.. there are some that aren’t as violent. But yeah, when I say The Long Walk has gratuitous violence it’s saying a lot!
Whoops to the previous comment. I don’t know how to delete.
After reading several of your reviews, I’m coming to understand your taste and where it’s similar and where it differs from mine.
I do not particularly like SF, but Orbital was a fascinating and beautifully written book about the experience of being in a space station chronicling the experiences of the astronauts for one day. I came to understand why people chose such a demanding and unreal profession. I admit I would not have picked it up or continued to read if it wasn’t for a book group. It made the experience of Artemis II that more interesting to me.
Agree with you about Heart the Lover. I was engaged, but could have easily never read it. I only think about it when it comes up on someone’s list. Don’t really understand its popularity.
Maybe I should try it again! It might have been that I was trying it in the middle of a bunch of other meh books.
regarding Heart the Lover, I’m glad I’m not alone. I tried Writers & Lovers because everyone said it was even better, but it had a lot of what I thought was gratuitous sexual content at the beginning, so I quit.
I will warn you Orbital is tedious at times, but it mirrors the life of the astronauts
The violence level is very helpful to know about The Long Walk. I keep trying to read King's books and getting distracted by how gratuitous it feels even for thriller/horror (looking specifically at 11/22/63 here--there was NO reason for all that). I loved Bird by Bird when I read it!
I have a plan to write a post with a guide to Stephen King’s books that contain all trigger warnings.. there are some that aren’t as violent. But yeah, when I say The Long Walk has gratuitous violence it’s saying a lot!