Paul

• Rated 5 stars

“Chang does a great job bringing this subject to the layman without smoothing over the complexity to the topic. He exposes the flaws in neo-liberal free trade dogma and shows how much true nuance there is to economic development. Excellent read. Truly fascinating.”

Paul wrote this review Saturday, February 12, 2011. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 2 stars

“I would probably rate this higher just because it was interesting to so many of these personal anecdotes about PKD, but I found the author's writing terribly frustrating to read. Throughout the book she consistently provides stories and details that are irrelevant and uninteresting. It reads like a blog that has had no editing, which it probably is, as there are also frequent grammatical errors.”

Paul wrote this review Wednesday, January 26, 2011. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 4 stars

“Despite it's obvious flaws, I enjoyed this one immensely.”

Paul wrote this review Monday, June 7, 2010. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 5 stars

“"For now there was only the sun and the sun and the sun. It was every horizon, it was every direction. It burned the minutes, the seconds, the hourglasses, the clocks; it burned all time and eternity away. It burned the eyelids and the serum of the dark world behind the lids, the retina, the hidden brain; and it burned sleep and the sweet memories of sleep and cool nightfall."”

Paul wrote this review Thursday, May 22, 2008. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 4 stars

“this book is so dense with information that it took me forever to read, but it was incredibly educational. it really helps put a lot of things together.”

Paul wrote this review Tuesday, April 8, 2008. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 4 stars

“this first part of this was really slow, but about 50 pages in it sort of changes modes... around that point i got really into it. there are certain parts that i really love. "The stronger these felling became, the clearer it seemed to me that it was not only that I had lost faith in finding Leo again, but everything now seemed to become unreliable and doubtful; the value and meaning of everthing was threatened: our comradeship, our faith, our vow, our Journey to the East, our whole life."”

Paul wrote this review Tuesday, April 8, 2008. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 4 stars

“There is a line in this book that always sort of stuck with me: "'I see that you think more than you can express. But if that's the case, you must also know that you have never fully lived out your thoughts, and that isn't good. Only the thoughts that we live out have any value.'" This was a very cool book and a good read. This and Siddhartha are the only Hesse books that I've read thus far, but they have made me eager to read all of his work that i can.”

Paul wrote this review Monday, July 30, 2007. ( reply | permalink )

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• Rated 5 stars

“this book was so fucking fun to read. i loved it! I'm no authority on writing or literature, but i like to read and this book changed the way i thought about writing and how stories can be told.”

Paul wrote this review Thursday, July 26, 2007. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 5 stars

“reading this book was a very soothing experience. i often think about it when i'm stressed and go read some passages. it really mellows me out. this book really blew my mind, but not in a very descibable way”

Paul wrote this review Thursday, July 26, 2007. ( reply | permalink )