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My recent efforts:
'The Contrarian' by Max Chafkin. About Peter Thiel. Enjoyed it a lot. Written by a journalist so flows very well. If you consider Thiel a cunt, you will think him an even bigger cunt after reading this. Thiel is just a very, very nasty person.
'Billion Dollar Loser' by Reeves Wiedeman. Would recommend, especially if you like to indulge your misanthropy. About the guy who built and then crashed WeWork. Full of great anecdotes.
'All the Light We Cannot See' by Anthony Doerr.
Gave up about a third into the book. Just too sickeningly sweet for my liking. It’s as if there is a recipe out there somewhere that publishers can use to commission books that are #inspiring and #profound. Make a child the protagonist, tie it to an important historical period or event, tickle the reader's fancy with a some interesting facts and tidbits etc. It's like a book equivalent of a person boosting their LinkedIn with a story about somebody close to them beating cancer.
'Night Theatre' by Vikram Paralkar
Superbly well written. But I could't really figure out what the story was about. Keen to hear what you guys think about it.
'Second Place' by Rachel Cusk
Had a go since it got good mentions in the annual lists from various reviewers. Couldn't get into it. have any of you guys read it?