Thanks… well, if there is no indoctrination people might even develop different opinions! /s

Is that a hyperbole or is this factually correct? :(

I think the Tiffany Aching quadrilogy is also great, a bit apart in the discoworld, sweeter and less irreverent.

Me too! I haven’t read the second one because I don’t want to invest too much in a series that doesn’t go anywhere (yet?). But as soon as number 3 comes out, I’ll read all of them.

Yeah, I’m a competitive person by nature and I have to force myself to not keep track of how much I read. It’s silly, I like reading, I see no added benefits to reading “more”, I’d rather read more interesting things, even if slower. But if I keep too much track of my Goodreads account, I start competing with myself from last year and… it makes no sense! But little numbers growing is such a primal push.

Not necessarily literal winter, but when i need something cozy and comforting, maybe somewhat meditative, I always turn towards The Lord of the Rings. All the characters are so pure, and simple, the story is pretty, beautiful and calming, the evil so obviously evil. And the language, while maybe dry, is soothing and takes a lot from oral tales. It all makes for a comfort read.

Wow, that’s great news! Thanks for sharing! I read my father’s version, so definitely older than 1991.

I just started reading The Moon is a harsh Mistress, I’m hope it keeps up with the hype.

Thanks for your point of view! Always fun to see other perspectives.

I haven’t read many multi-generational books, and I often felt the characters being flat on the page, so maybe it’s my own shortcoming.

Why has this question been downvoted?

I personally feel represented in at least three categories, so I’d say it does!

That’s a great resolution, I encourage you to keep it up (for the sake of people like me and others that will be inspired)

Thanks for writing this, I loved that book but wouldn’t have been able to write something so on point.

I’ll be sure to give a look at all your suggestions!

It’s already a day later! You got this, the hardest part is flowing by. How are you doing?

One of the things I like of lemmy is the limited content. I can keep up with all the posts and comments of the communities I like. So being flooded with copied content odd counterproductive in my opinion. And copping the comments as well feels creepy and morally dubious.

I haven’t read much on this topic, but I really enjoyed “why we’re polarized”: a historical discussion on political division in the US, spanning the last 50 years and discussing its roots and growth.

I also enjoyed “the last empire” on the fall of the USSR and “the shock doctrine” that talks more about economy and the use of shocks to concentrate power in the hands of the few.

I did not enjoy “prisoners of geography”, the writing strike is quite flat, but the topic is definitely interesting. I’ll have a look at the other two!

My little piece of advice: you don’t have to think about the future, tomorrow, next week, they are all far off. Think about now, this hour, the next 5 minutes, or whatever stretch of time seems manageable. What do you do now? Cook dinner? Watch a show? Cry in the shower? The future might be scary and too much to manage now. You’ll handle it when you get to it. Now, you only have to think about right now.

Verbena tea is calming and soothing. Lavender is relaxing. Green tea for me is a calming ritual.

You got this. Maybe it doesn’t feel like it, but you only need to do one step, and you got that one step.

Thanks! I’ll look them up!

A more precise review, mainly because you asked for feedback:

I enjoyed the concept, and I think it was well explored. I really got a kick out of the precise changing of words, in particular the main character being referred to as “potter” at the beginning and “Necromancer” at the end, together with some other more subtle word developments.

I think the first paragraph could be more appealing, I was a bit put off by the lack of details coupled with plenty of suspension dots. I find it odd how some precise details (about the religion, the urns, the desert) are woven in a very general, almost parabolic, story line.

Some emotional components are also a bit unpolished, just given as facts. In particular his love for his family seems to be an “on-off” switch, and it appears only when needed but doesn’t affect his decisions otherwise. So the conclusion doesn’t hit as hard as it could, in my opinion. In a similar way, it is not really justified why he searches knowledge, or goes to the graveyard, while the previous steps are made extremely compelling.

Overall, really good! After the first paragraph, the story flows well, the main character is not only believable but compelling. I like how he does what needs to be done and hardly ever reconsiders his actions.