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Jun 25, 2012
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I'm gonna go read some Rimbaud now. And finally watch that Leonardo DiCaprio movie.
This hit all the right buttons for me. Not only was there some timey-wimey stuff (not specifically time travel, but I don't really know how to describe it), but it painted a picture of late 1970s DC that really warmed my heart. The writing crafted a portrait of two people I probably would have wanted to punch in the face without it, and I built relationships with them instead.
My only hang-up with this one is the f ...more
This hit all the right buttons for me. Not only was there some timey-wimey stuff (not specifically time travel, but I don't really know how to describe it), but it painted a picture of late 1970s DC that really warmed my heart. The writing crafted a portrait of two people I probably would have wanted to punch in the face without it, and I built relationships with them instead.
My only hang-up with this one is the f ...more
The parts set in DC were vivid and amazingly good, but the parts set in the past seemed halfhearted and just thrown in there for historical effect. Or maybe 1970s DC is just more interesting to me than late 19-century rural France.
Sep 25, 2012
Michael Price
marked it as to-read
Nov 01, 2013
Mandi
marked it as to-read
