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Great list. Looking forward!

This is very good. Kudos. Please review "Death and the Dervish" by Mese Selimovich.

Option 1 is the only answer! He was finally able to sleep with another woman besides Naoko. That's how he left his past behind, he did it with the help of Reiko. And at the same time he helped Reiko to leave her past behind. Both of them took a new step for a brighter future. After Reikos departure he is now able to get together with Midori with a clear mind. When he calls her he becomes overwhelmed by his feelings resulting in in him to be disoriented and alienated by the people around him. Which reminds me of following scene: ''I twisted open the lid of the jar and took the firefly out, setting it on the two-inch lip of the water tank. It seemed not to grasp its new surroundings. It hobbled around the head of a steel bolt, catching its legs on curling scabs of paint. It moved to the right until it found its way blocked, then circled back to the left. Finally, with some effort, it mounted the head of the bolt and crouched there for a while, unmoving, as if it had taken its last breath. Still leaning against the handrail, I studied the firefly. Neither I nor it made a move for a very long time. The wind continued sweeping past the two of us while the numberless leaves of the zelkova tree rustled in the darkness. I waited forever. Only much later did the firefly take to the air. As if some thought had suddenly come to it, the firefly spread its wings, and in a moment it had flown past the handrail to float in the pale darkness. It traced a swift arc by the side of the water tank as if trying to bring back a lost interval in time. And then, after hovering there for a few seconds as if to watch its curved line of light blend into the wind, it finally flew off to the east.'' Option 2 makes no sense! Okay let's assume Toru is in fact 37 years old in Hamburg and is calling Midori..... how the fuck does he have her number ? ? ? And how weird would it be for him after 17 years finally wanting to be with her + Midoris response with that 17 years time gap wouldnt make any sense. The only thing open for interpretation, is if Midori and Toru got back together after the phone call. In my opinion they certainly did because Midori always loved him that's a fact. Toru at this point in time is finally leaving his past behind and also tells her ''All I want in this world is you'' which was literally Midoris only condition for them both to be together. It makes the ending wonderful and perfect. I love this book so much.

i maybe over sensitive or whatsoever but i did not like the protagonist the way he was isolated from everything or i felt maybe Japanese culture was different from ours ,when finally he started feeling the deep emotions he let them overwhelmed them and then again in instant he slept again with the first one he get and lol he is leaving all bad memories.For me at least it was not fair

You have a very sound knowledge on the world history. Glad to found this. Thank you so much!

Is there any sequal after this book?

Did Sumire really came back at last? Was this symbolic or she actually did come back?

This is the dumbest interpretation video I’ve watched. I wish I could un-watch this.

Zack Snyder literally cannot make a good movie or world. He's constantly ruinining his world building with too many unnecessary additions and barely paying attention to what's already there. Rebel moon is a wake up call.

i related alot to Toru's emotions and philosophies throughout the book so i think i have to believe that it was a happy ending for my own sake.

Why?

Thanks for your review! I just watched the film on screen and can't wait to read the book! Such an awesome work.

Where can I read it

My first feeling when I read the ending was that this call never happened and that's why the memory doesn't exist in a real place. So I'm more on the second interpretation crowd...I also somehow like it better.

It took me a bit to get used to the pacing, but the longer i watched the more i realized it was the same pacing as the original comics. It's not as good as the original 6 book series, but it's certainly fresh and funny. I think the goal was to make up for the movie's poor characterization of both Scott and Ramona. 8.5/10

Retconned the entire plot of the books. Gave Wallace a retarded love interest with Todd Ingram. The whole “They respawn back in their house after they die” got thrown out the window. Retarded Matthew Pattel Musical. Knives joining Sex Bob Omb instead of moving on with her life. Lisa makes a 3 second cameo and didn’t do shit. Gideon being taken down easily by Matthew Pattel made Zero sense. Also Gideon’s retarded name change Gordon Goose. Kim should have been the first one to go looking for Scott when he was “dead”. Young Neil’s retarded movie mock-up of Scott’s Life. Once again, no mention of Knives’s dad, he’s just completely gone. The retarded oh Ramona is some Astral Being now. Julie and Gideon starting a new league. The list goes on.

I loved The Plague. It hit harder because I read it in the middle of the COVID lockdown!

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I have to read this for my course. :/

Very poor analysis. Didn't add an inch to improve the understanding of the end.

An encyclopedia of weird books is a really fun concept! It reminds me of a book I have called "The Book of Unusual Knowledge" which focuses on strange trivia facts that most people don't know. (It's apparently part of a whole series, but I don't have them all yet.)

To me it was pretty obvious that Noah was a child of Lexi and Ethan. There is so much unsaid things between them. And he was brown in the house (page 261) while the mother could only give birth in the hospital, and it was mentioned that ‘his birth took place..’ without mentioning who gave birth to him.

I've gone back to read the full trilogy, as the first book was a fond memory from childhood. I do think I will end it there though, I'll not pick up prequel, at least for now, as... well I am accustomed to reading adult fantasy for many years now :) Bartimaeus is a gem tho.

Am I crazy or does it sound like Pt. Ravi Shankar is the one singing Norwegian Wood in the video?

Nice tittle for a nice book, Les Gracie doesn't want to think about her family, She doesn't want to think about growing up in her parents House of Horrors. And, she doesn't want to think about her identity as Girl. How about thing 1 or thing 2, it haves spunk, I would rate this a 10 1.2,

Thank you. SPOILER I had thought of two of your solutions, but that he had died hadn't occured to me. Also, I thought I read that Miu's hair had been white in Sumire's writing, but K said, when he saw her from his taxi in Tokoyo that he had seen her only with black hair. Leavdng me to believe that he had crossed over into the alternate reality in Greece and then returned.

The way I see it is she was really back. She did not die, but found a clever way to escape that island. Maybe she paid someone to take her by boat out of there and keep secret. She ran away, not knowing what she'll do, but she could not stay near Miu any longer. After some months, she gets back to Japan because she misses K. Yes, the feelings she had for Miu were very strong, and seemengly she would never get over that, but the reality is that no feeling lasts forever unchanged. She bled and lived. However one would interpret the ending, they were back together, and I would call that a happy ending.

All quiet is awesome and it is better

Reading Tomie was the best part of my February 2017

Sounds like a terrific manga.

Would be kick ass if this made into a series

This series was excellent.

Thanks for this - I just read it today and did NOT understand that Adrian and Sarah made the baby. So, a big question for me is answered. There are other questions that you don't touch upon, such as Veronica's mother Sarah's behavior: was she flirting with Tony and he just didn't get it? I get the feeling that Julian Barnes is no friend of humanity.

I actually believe the military made robot zombies in order to spy on the zombies. If you cannot beat them Con way into finding out how to beat them just like the GTA five diamond casino heist the big con approach

Great observation. Thanks. I couldn't agree more. Luckily as a bi lingual Brit, I was able to watch the movie in it's original format. Brutally honest. And honestly brutal.... It really brought home the insanity of the conflict. The German movie almost made me feel I was there. 1917 felt I was just an observer.

You explained it really well

Great podcast! Helped me a lot on how to interpret this ending. Thanks!

Thanks for the amazing review. Shall still read it despite your rating :D

Sounds an intriguing psychological tale.

Sounds an intriguing plot, with some oddball characters.

God.... this song is do marvelous and I suppose the book too

Nicely ✌

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