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Paraic

paraic@books.theunseen.city

Joined 3 years, 2 months ago

Big fan of fantasy and speculative fiction

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Jonathan Rauch: The Happiness Curve (Paperback, 2019, Picador)

Review of 'The Happiness Curve' on 'Goodreads'

A helpful book for those of us who dislike self-help books

This is a helpful book for those of us who dislike self-help books: grounded in academic and scientific rigour but told mainly from the perspective of personal stories. I wish I had read this book 10 years ago when my own personal journey across the valley of the U began but maybe I can appreciate it more now I’m climbing back up

L. Frank Baum, The Gunston Trust: The Emerald City of Oz (Paperback, 2018, Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform)

From the book:Perhaps I should admit on the title page that this book is "By …

Review of 'The Emerald City of Oz' on 'Goodreads'

Fascinating and thought provoking but flawed

A fascinating premise. True speculative fiction. A great story. What is a place? How do we tell us from them? Only let down by some poor writing