suvic's reviews
126 reviews

★★★★✮ (4.5 stars)

oh to be an ancient philosopher hanging out with my ancient philosopher friends

★★✮☆☆ (2.5 stars)

i struggle to fully appreciate this work because anything with its basis in freudian psychoanalysis does not quite resonate with me. or it has yet to, that is. maybe someday

★★★✮☆ (3.5 stars)

i think this book really starts to pick up at around the halfway point, particularly in its discussions surrounding art; i found the commentary on the origins of the term a little bit less compelling, maybe even disjointed or unorganized at times. it is also repetitive - something that became especially apparent when i looked back at the bookmarks i'd made. altogether, though, it's an interesting investigation into pretentiousness (and our very pretensions surrounding it)

it’s wild - seth’s work has always brought me to tears. the worlds that he builds look and feel so familiar to our own, but are like walking into a memory: fuzzy around the edges, yet clearer somehow. our minds filling in the blanks, the experiences of these two brothers are each our own. a beautiful, melancholy story

★★★★✮ (4.5 stars)

if nothing else, my readings for classics are highly entertaining. i found this much as i did plato's symposium: so interesting!

★★★☆☆ (3 stars)

★★✮☆☆ (2.5 stars)

★★✮☆☆ (2.5 stars)

★★★★★ (5 stars)

★★★★★ (5 stars)