From the other perspective, could be: My Friend Molly

Taking Molly

Molly Makes A Friend

King’s Pet Sematary. When I got about 6 pages from the ending I read it over a trash can because I never wanted anybody subjected to such crap. Loved the Stand, the Shining, and Green Mile was literature. Also one of only 3 movies I’ve walked out on. Pointless malevolence.

All I have to say is that I’m disappointed that your review does not mention Eponine even once who has the most interesting and tragic story of all the characters imo.

> Youtube videos are apparently too long for some people

Me who watches nothing but two-hour-long video essays on YouTube:

I recently purchased the book Psycho Cybernetics after hearing great things about it. However when looking for a version to purchase I saw the deluxe edition came with red gilded pages which looked gorgeous and a ribbon marker.

My copy didn't come with either of those, despite the sleeve on the book saying it does. Upon looking at further reviews, it seems only a couple of people got the actual gilded/ribbon version, while most others like me got a standard "deluxe" edition with no ribbon or gilded pages.

I can't find anywhere online where anyone else mentions this but it feels pretty scummy or at least like a massive mistake the company hasn't addressed.

Anything you guys think I can do about this or should I just ignore it, it feels bad to pay extra for a special edition that is missing half of the advertised extras.

Here is some images for proof

https://imgur.com/a/K0d1gVV

I’m the same sometimes. I stop and start and keep checking how many pages to the next chapter and how many chapters left in the book. A part of it is attention span issues and a part of it is anxiety—I’ve reached a part of the book that’s a little too intense and am distracting myself from continuing. But then the action draws me in and I forget to count, at least for the next little while.

It would be interesting to maybe try reading a book without chapters (which I haven’t done in a while) and see if that affects the way I read.

Why will funding never go up?

I deal with this too. My therapist has instructed me to stay off of apps that will compare yourself to others with this, same with apps that track your "progress" like Goodreads and other book apps

I get this way but I also have diagnosed OCD. I'm always counting page numbers and wondering when I'll finish or if I'll ever finish. I have to remind myself to take a deep breath and pause and visualize/enjoy the page I'm reading

You may also need something structured like a timer set when you read. And telling yourself, I will only read until the timer is up. Then I will put it down no matter what page I'm on. May help you enjoy it in smaller chunks?

I don't know if what I do is really the same thing but I am often almost racing for the end but it's less of a 'when will this be over' and more of a 'when will I know' kind of deal. It's like I can't wait to finish so that I know what happens, there's no desire for the reading to be over just for the knowledge that comes from finishing.

I think you're right that Marius, Cosette, and in fact every character in the book is not meant to be a portrait of an unerring person, just a person, flawed and pitiful. Marius and Cosette are young, immature, selfish, and silly. Marius doesn't know any better way to get close to Cosette, so he does what he does.

As for Jean Valjean's decision to reveal his identity, it is to save an innocent man going to prison for his (Valjean's) crimes. In the musical Valjean expresses this sentiment as, "Can I condemn this man to slavery?" and "If I speak, I am condemned. If I stay silent, I am damned." If you haven't listened to the musical (the Original Broadway Cast recording), absolutely do; obviously it greatly condenses the story and changes a few things, but I think it captures the book actually exceptionally well. I think it will prove a great chaser to the book.

Read it in french for an English lit class (with the ok of the teacher). It's wonderfully written but I hated it. I couldn't get past how much the characters annoyed me.

i loved both books!! i think the first book was sadder though, especially that ending.. yeah i definitely cried.

Yes, maybe try finding out what happens before you read, so you have more brain power to focus on the details. But if you are looking for more in-depth meaning/discussion, I think Sparknotes has discussion question and answers as well. I swear I don't work for them, lol. Also CliffsNotes must be an online thing now? Not sure if free - but that is what i used in the dark ages pre-internet.

nothing i've read that was written in that century has appealed to me. i disliked all of it, in both french and english.

the only exception i can remember is emile zola. i liked germinal so much that i went on to read all but two or three out of his rougon-macquart cycle. but he's the outlier.

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edit: i lie again. moby dick. i like moby dick too.

I think Alias Grace is her best work, I just found the ambiguity swirling around the main character really fascinating.

The TV miniseries by Mary Harron is a pretty good interpretation of the story (with some rather violent scenes, of course).

I've read Les Mis three times and am due for a reread. Love it to bits. Marius is absolutely a little bitch. No idea if it's intentional or not, nor do I care. The man's a rat bastard.

Overrated in my opinion. I found it an absolute slog.

I've read Ulysses and said I would never read Joyce again. This time I mean it.

Brothers Karamazov is amazing, but unless you're trying to be a Russian lit scholar, there's no reason to try and understand absolutely everything. You should try your best to keep track of names, but you'll be fine just making reasonable guesses about vocabulary and the names of locations.

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FUN FACT 2: He also coined the word 'Quarks' in the novel.

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