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Entangled Life reviewed by @mossandink
9 out of 10
Fungi, and a man who cannot stop grinning about them. I didn't mind a bit.
Entangled Life@mossandink6 Sept 2025
6 readers agree with this review
The Overstory reviewed by @ivor_stack
7 out of 10
The roots hold. The trunk does not.
The Overstory@ivor_stack2 Sept 2025
2 readers agree with this review
The Story of Art reviewed by @ivor_stack
8 out of 10
It sat on my shelf for forty-one years. My fault, not the book's.
The Story of Art@ivor_stack30 Aug 2025
Pachinko reviewed by @margaretreads
8 out of 10
Four generations. I only really wanted the first two.
Pachinko@margaretreads27 Aug 2025
1 reader agrees with this review
The Once and Future King reviewed by @rereader
9 out of 10
Third, first since 2011. There's a note in my copy from that year that just says "boring bit" beside the ants — and I'd like to apologise to the ants. The last book is considerably sadder than I had let myself remember.
The Once and Future King@rereader21 Aug 2025
Crime and Punishment reviewed by @theodore_p
9 out of 10
Nobody warns you how funny it is, or how much of it is people failing to finish a conversation in an unbearably hot room.
Crime and Punishment@theodore_p20 Aug 2025
H Is for Hawk reviewed by @mossandink
10 out of 10
Goshawk weather; I lost a week to it.
H Is for Hawk@mossandink16 Aug 2025
The Stranger reviewed by @theodore_p
7 out of 10
Aujourd'hui, maman est morte. Three English translations, three different men.
The Stranger@theodore_p6 Aug 2025
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone reviewed by @margaretreads
7 out of 10
It emptied my shelves and I was ungrateful about it
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone@margaretreads3 Aug 2025
Beyond Good and Evil reviewed by @theodore_p
6 out of 10
Aphorism 296 is the most honest sentence here; Part Seven isn't patchy, it's bad; read Kaufmann's introduction afterwards or never.
Beyond Good and Evil@theodore_p2 Aug 2025
Anne of Green Gables reviewed by @margaretreads
8 out of 10
Marilla is the one who changes, and nobody says so
Anne of Green Gables@margaretreads27 Jul 2025
2 readers agree with this review
Middlemarch reviewed by @margaretreads
10 out of 10
The one I'd keep.
Middlemarch@margaretreads24 Jul 2025
11 readers agree with this review
Der Große Gatsby / The Great Gatsby reviewed by @theodore_p
8 out of 10
It's 1925, not 1920.
Der Große Gatsby / The Great Gatsby@theodore_p5 Jul 2025
2 readers agree with this review

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Entangled Life reviewed by @mossandink

The Overstory reviewed by @ivor_stack

The Story of Art reviewed by @ivor_stack

Pachinko reviewed by @margaretreads

The Once and Future King reviewed by @rereader

Crime and Punishment reviewed by @theodore_p

H Is for Hawk reviewed by @mossandink

The Stranger reviewed by @theodore_p

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone reviewed by @margaretreads

Beyond Good and Evil reviewed by @theodore_p

Anne of Green Gables reviewed by @margaretreads

Middlemarch reviewed by @margaretreads

Der Große Gatsby / The Great Gatsby reviewed by @theodore_p