Reviews by Matt

The Ultroom Error

by Gerald Allan Sohl

Good basic short story. Nothing earth-shattering, but a fun quick read.

Reviewed on 2013.03.10

Tess of the d'Urbervilles

by Thomas Hardy

I'm a gent of little culture and worldly knowledge of certain classics. So I was going to read this book without any knowledge of its ending, but thanks to this synopsis/worst spoiler in history, I'm going to give it a miss.

I understand that the prose can still be enjoyable whilst knowing she hangs, but it kind of pissed me of a tad that I unwittingly stumbled across the knowledge that she dies.

Like I said I'm a man that still has many great books to read and maybe this knowledge of her death is well known to many people who en-devour to read it.

But for those of us who live in a dark misty cloud of the undiscovered, give us a chance to stumble on it ourselves via the book. Ta.

Reviewed on 2012.11.12

The Philosophy of Despair

by David Starr Jordan

Easy to follow; Jordan raises some excellent points, especially concerning the nature of knowledge and will in despair.

Reviewed on 2012.11.01

The Centaur

by Algernon Blackwood

Utter nonsense. If you like drivel such as speech being "laughed", you might disagree.

Reviewed on 2012.08.03

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