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111 Book Review: Wuthering Heights
111 Book Review: Wuthering Heights
tl;dr: sometimes love and family are foggy, moorish messes; other times, they’re turbulent, roaring winds that want in your window when…
Bryce W. Merkl Sasaki
Nov 15, 2021
111 Book Review: Brilliance of the Moon
111 Book Review: Brilliance of the Moon
tl;dr: If the price of victory is blood, Takeo upgrades to premier-access, ad-free Victory+. Apparently even in samurai fantasy, war is…
Bryce W. Merkl Sasaki
Nov 11, 2021
111 Book Review: The Libation Bearers (Χοηφóρoι)
111 Book Review: The Libation Bearers (Χοηφóρoι)
tl;dr: If Apollo sends you and your sister on an OG House Atreides murder side-quest, always be sure to read the Terms and Conditions…
Bryce W. Merkl Sasaki
Nov 8, 2021
111 Book Review: Xenocide
111 Book Review: Xenocide
tl;dr: Science and religion fight, make up, fight again, have make-up sex and then fight again. They’re sorta toxic but also sometimes…
Bryce W. Merkl Sasaki
Nov 3, 2021
111 Book Review: Frankenstein
111 Book Review: Frankenstein
tl;dr: A total monster haunts the life of an innocent man and slowly ravages every aspect of his life. The monster’s name is Frankenstein.
Bryce W. Merkl Sasaki
Oct 21, 2021
111 Book Review: Grass for His Pillow
111 Book Review: Grass for His Pillow
TL;DR: A (man/men) in a position of power tells the (hero/heroine) to do a thing. Instead, our (hero/heroine) flips him off and runs away.
Bryce W. Merkl Sasaki
Oct 6, 2021
111 Book Review: Agamemnon (Ἀγαμέμνων)
111 Book Review: Agamemnon (Ἀγαμέμνων)
TL;DR: This is the Empire Strikes Back of the Oresteia trilogy, but Aeschylus put it first. Prepare to be stricken (back) from the get go.
Bryce W. Merkl Sasaki
Sep 29, 2021
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111 Book Review: Death’s End (死神永生)
111 Book Review: Death’s End (死神永生)
TL;DR: Human potato witnesses the end of the universe by literally sleeping through it. Others get to do the cool stuff mostly offscreen.
Bryce W. Merkl Sasaki
Jun 16, 2021
111 Book Review: Ender’s Game
111 Book Review: Ender’s Game
TL;DR: Boy genius flips space warfare on its head but can’t distinguish between video games and real life.
Bryce W. Merkl Sasaki
Aug 18, 2021
111 Book Review: Romeo & Juliet
111 Book Review: Romeo & Juliet
TL;DR: High School Musical meets Game of Thrones. Wait, that’s just Mean Girls. Is Romeo & Juliet just a Mean Girls rip-off?
Bryce W. Merkl Sasaki
Jul 28, 2021
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