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355 reviews
Venus in Furs by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Political Risk: How Businesses and Organizations Can Anticipate Global Insecurity by Condoleezza Rice, Amy B. Zegart
informative
reflective
slow-paced
3.0
Being Mortal by Atul Gawande
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
5.0
has to be truly the most disturbing, hard to digest book I’ve ever come across. Facing your own mortality and end of your times isn’t as easy and smooth sailing as depicted in scriptures and allegories.
Modern medicine is a good thing in a bad way. Science has progressed while social science is trailing behind. We are incapacitated to choose. Our old age ethics and moralities are failing us.
Its a book that truly should be read by anyone who wants to make it to the old age. It’s the book about senility and debility.
We know we’ll die. But How and When is a big question. Most of us will always have to face the question about How do we intend to die? And it surely is the most disturbing choice we’ll ever make.
Do I want to die on my own terms or the terms dictated by hospitals and doctors??? That’s the question. To be or not to be.
Modern medicine is a good thing in a bad way. Science has progressed while social science is trailing behind. We are incapacitated to choose. Our old age ethics and moralities are failing us.
Its a book that truly should be read by anyone who wants to make it to the old age. It’s the book about senility and debility.
We know we’ll die. But How and When is a big question. Most of us will always have to face the question about How do we intend to die? And it surely is the most disturbing choice we’ll ever make.
Do I want to die on my own terms or the terms dictated by hospitals and doctors??? That’s the question. To be or not to be.
The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human by Siddhartha Mukherjee
informative
slow-paced
4.0
Quichotte by Salman Rushdie
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
dark
funny
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Quantum Supremacy: How the Quantum Computer Revolution Will Change Everything by Michio Kaku
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.0