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Apr. 11th, 2017 09:33 pmEpitaph by Mary Doria Russell
Sequel to Doc. This was good, as I expected. It has both domestic moments and sweeping drama, made more epic by all the chapter names being quotes from the Iliad (at least I assume all of them are). There's a lot more violence and drama than in Doc, and that violence changes people in a painful way, such that I actually prefer Doc because it's a kinder story. Although I do really admire how MDR can write people changing over the course of their lives.
Hjärnan darrar by Klara Wikström (The Brain Trembles, only in Swedish)
A graphic novel about people met in various workfare and psychiatric care institutions, or just on the subway. Could have been depressing but actually isn't, because you can feel that the author is one of them and on their side.
Sequel to Doc. This was good, as I expected. It has both domestic moments and sweeping drama, made more epic by all the chapter names being quotes from the Iliad (at least I assume all of them are). There's a lot more violence and drama than in Doc, and that violence changes people in a painful way, such that I actually prefer Doc because it's a kinder story. Although I do really admire how MDR can write people changing over the course of their lives.
Hjärnan darrar by Klara Wikström (The Brain Trembles, only in Swedish)
A graphic novel about people met in various workfare and psychiatric care institutions, or just on the subway. Could have been depressing but actually isn't, because you can feel that the author is one of them and on their side.
