slow reader, so all books are long... but i loved this! captured the same loneliness as camus' the stranger, but much more tender and emphatic. adored the early meet-cute stuff as well :(((
Mar 22, 2025
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The way Baldwin writes really makes you feel it. I highly recommend if you like being messy or wonder what it would be like to be a bisexual man in 1950s paris.
Apr 11, 2025
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Short and enthralling, with prose that is both breezy and profound and a simple yet confounding story. It’s like a snapshot of someone’s heart. I think the scenery and emotion of this book brought about a natural and gorgeous visualization of the story, which is wonderful to experience.
Sep 20, 2024
Lyrical and tender, this is a short book but you’ll want to read it slowly simply because every page is packed with something devastating or gorgeous...or both
“For I am—or I was—one of those people who pride themselves on their willpower, on their ability to make a decision and carry it through. This virtue, like most virtues, is ambiguity itself. People who believe that they are strong-willed and the masters of their destiny can only continue to believe this by becoming specialists in self-deception. Their decisions are not really decisions at all—a real decision makes one humble, one knows that it is at the mercy of more things than can be named—but elaborate systems of evasion, of illusion, designed to make themselves and the world appear to be what they and the world are not.”
Jul 8, 2024
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not just a perfect pop song, probably THE perfect song. pure charisma and timbaland's peak as a producer
Mar 23, 2025
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gorgeous album, big recommend if you like the third velvet underground album / cindy lee!
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went w my dads friend! only really knew the big hits but had a great time obviously.
def fallen out of my regular listening, mistaken for strangers is a 2000's indie classic for me though !
Mar 23, 2025