Aes窶冱 Year in Books

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2024

3,441

pages read

books read

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How Much Land Does a Man Need? by Leo Tolstoy

Shortest Book

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The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Longest Book

816

pages

Average book length in 2024

286

pages

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Ilmu Per-Undang-Undangan. Jenis, Fungsi dan Materi Muatan. Ji... by Maria Farida Indrati Soeprapto

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Aes窶冱 average rating for 2024

4.2

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4.81 average

Aes窶冱 first review of the year

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So, I finally read this book, and I can窶冲 lie I found it a bit overrated. Don窶冲 get me wrong, the opening is stunning. Tartt窶冱 prose is absolutely gorgeous, sharp, clear, and so immediate it pulls you right in. But as the story went on, I just couldn窶冲 shake the feeling that something was missing.

For one, the professor. His role is built up so much, only for him to just窶ｦ vanish? It felt like such a letdown. Like, after everything, he窶冱 just gone ...more

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The Metamorphosis and other Stories by Franz Kafka

An Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures by Clarice Lispector

it was amazing

Aes窶冱 last review of the year

liked it

Right, so I窶况e just finished Never Let Me Go and honestly, I窶冦 not sure how I feel about it. It窶冱 a strange one, this. On the surface, it窶冱 a simple, quiet story, and Ishiguro窶冱 writing reflects that clean, almost understated. But beneath all that simplicity is....

I can窶冲 say I loved it, though. There窶冱 this nagging feeling of incompleteness throughout the whole book. The characters, while intriguing, seem to stumble around their emotions and cir Right, so I窶况e just finished Never Let Me Go and honestly, I窶冦 not sure how I feel about it. It窶冱 a strange one, this. On the surface, it窶冱 a simple, quiet story, and Ishiguro窶冱 writing reflects that clean, almost understated. But beneath all that simplicity is....

I can窶冲 say I loved it, though. There窶冱 this nagging feeling of incompleteness throughout the whole book. The characters, while intriguing, seem to stumble around their emotions and circumstances without ever properly addressing them. It窶冱 like watching people go through the motions without ever truly living which, I suppose, is the point of the story. Still, it made it hard to fully connect with them.

And then there窶冱 the maturity... or kind of lack of it. The way the characters develop feels stunted. Again, I get that it窶冱 intentional, given the nature of their existence, but it left me feeling like something vital was missing. Like I wanted more depth, more confrontation, more life.

That said, it窶冱 a compelling story in its own right. The existential themes what it means to live, to love, to hope, or to even exist in the shadow of inevitability are haunting. There窶冱 a quiet tragedy in how the characters accept their fates without question, no i mean like lack of rebellion. With all that hope but the lack of even a flicker of resistance, left me feeling窶ｦ hollow.

Maybe that窶冱 the brilliance of it, though. Ishiguro paints a world that窶冱 eerily similar to our own, a world where we often just accept things the way they are, even when they窶决e unjust or deeply unsettling. It窶冱 a bleak reflection of humanity, but it窶冱 also profoundly thought-provoking.

So, yeah, I窶冦 conflicted. It窶冱 a good story, no doubt, and it raises some heavy, important questions. But the lack of emotional resolution, the sense of incompleteness, and the overwhelming despair left me feeling a bit deflated. Still, if you窶决e into existential musings and quiet, devastating stories, it窶冱 definitely worth a read. Just don窶冲 expect to come out of it feeling hopeful. ...more

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