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Neil’s 2023 Year in Books
Take a look at Neil’s Year in Books. The long, the short—it’s all here.
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Neil Sharpson
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in Dublin, Ireland
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Knock Knock, Open Wide
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2023
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When the Sparrow Falls
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Don't Trust Fish
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When the Sparrow Falls Sneak Peek
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The Burial Tide
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Your Name (2016)
I don’t know what Makoto Shinkai has against me but for some reason his reviews always show up on my schedule precisely when I have the least time to write them. Maybe he heard that I don’t particularly like trains or weather.
“Bastard!”Anyway, this is the third movie of his that I’ve reviewed and, while I didn’t really love either of his previous offerings things are at least trending positive. I
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"this book actually kept me up at night"
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"Would be very shocked if this didn’t end up in my top 5 books of the year!! "
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"Terrifying in the way only Celtic myth can be, full of taboo and symbolism and unapologetic gore. Shades of Catriona Ward and Stephen King, but the author stands on his own with looming, ominous metaphors and stark, sharp sentences. Loved this one so"
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“Nominally, the currency of the Caspian Republic was the moneta, but in truth the coin of the nation was fear. Whoever could inspire fear was rich, whoever lived in fear was poor.”
― When the Sparrow Falls
― When the Sparrow Falls
“Ah, there was the word. “Family.” It was an old Irish word. It meant: “Do nothing. Challenge nothing. Change nothing.” Ireland was a rocky garden, dig a few inches deep and you found stone; solid and impassable. And carved into its face, as like as not; the word FAMILY.”
― Knock Knock, Open Wide
― Knock Knock, Open Wide
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| Beyond Reality: When the Sparrow Falls (5/22): finished reading (spoilers!) | 5 | 19 | Jun 05, 2022 02:33PM | |
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“Yes, it would look like she was smuggling an ostrich with a tarp on it into a motel room, but this also looked like the type of establishment to not particularly judge for that sort of thing.”
― Axiom's End
― Axiom's End
“She tried not to think in capital letters. It was a bad habit. If you weren’t careful, pretty soon you’d find yourself Going to the Store to Buy a Carton of Milk—or worse, speaking German.”
― Empress of Forever
― Empress of Forever
“Energy spent regretting a decision was best redirected toward addressing its consequences.”
― Empress of Forever
― Empress of Forever
