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"Technically polished and worth 4 stars, but the main character is repellent in his psychologically damaged and increasingly paranoid creepiness. And most of the book presents a close-up view of his interior thoughts. Hard to admire the writing ski..." Permalink

"A surprisingly affecting collection. I understood only a couple of the poems in full at a surface level, but somehow felt the many less immediately accessible lines in most of the poems were sinking in at a subconscious or emotional level. Plus, t..." Permalink

"A history of a cataclysmic eight days portrayed via vignettes of individual experiences. Perhaps does not quite capture the epic sweep of events that affected millions, and probably does not convey the atmosphere inside Hitler's Berlin bunker, but..." Permalink