Monday, 30 September 2019

Stuff I've been Reading - September

Red Seas Under Red Skies - Scott Lynch
The Slow Regard of Silent Things - Patrick Rothfuss
Factfulness - Hans Rosling

Red Seas Under Red Skies
I know, I know. A couple of months ago I said I wouldn't read this. And then I did. I liked the Locke Lamora world building, so I read it, even though I wasn't sure about the writing. And weirdly, I think I liked this one a bit better. Not often I say that Bout a sequel.

The Slow Regard of Silent Things
It started with an instruction, telling you not to read it. I'm still not certain whether I should have listened. More a poem than a story. Or a technical piece of cleverer-than-thou prose. It wasn't that I didn't enjoy it - if I truly didn't enjoy it I wouldn't have finished it, I'm happy to dismiss a book - I just, well, didn't enjoy it as much as the other two Rothfuses.

Factfulness
Now here is a book I enjoyed. One that made me feel clever, whilst teaching me things and adjusting my world view. You should probably give it a read. You'll feel better for it...

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