Only for fans of the non-dual Kashmir Shaivism, otherwise difficult to read and understand.
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Sebastost reviewed Abhinavagupta by John R. Dupuche
Sebastost reviewed She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
Not my cup of tea
3 stars
A good written book but with characters that I don't like. It left me with a bitter taste and no desire to come back to its universe. At some point the main "hero" seemed to redeem himself just to become a child murderer (mild spoiler) beside a straight up murderer.
Sebastost reviewed Kashmir Shaivism
Good enough for an introduction
4 stars
A good introduction to non-dual kashmir shaivism but with sometimes poor logic and repetitive and circular arguments. Some views differ from the mainstream opinions (from the lineage of Lakshman Joo) and the logic behind those is not very sound. Still a good book.
Sebastost reviewed Fail, Fail Again, Fail Better by Seth Godin
Sebastost reviewed Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Review of 'Project Hail Mary' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
This is my first review of a book and is a kind of reaction to the one star commentaries that I saw. For sure I have read The Martian a while back and I can see that this book is similar, but I think a lot of people enjoy it (like I did) because of those similarities. Sure, there are a lot of cliché characters but in the kind of hopefully vision of the future that is lacking right now. The stereotipe of scientists from Russia, China, America and other places that set aside differences to save the world is a much needed hope that if the world is at stake we will all come together. Sure, the book is not all fairies and rainbows, the hero is actually a coward sent against is will to save humanity and in the mean time there is almost a surety that there …
This is my first review of a book and is a kind of reaction to the one star commentaries that I saw. For sure I have read The Martian a while back and I can see that this book is similar, but I think a lot of people enjoy it (like I did) because of those similarities. Sure, there are a lot of cliché characters but in the kind of hopefully vision of the future that is lacking right now. The stereotipe of scientists from Russia, China, America and other places that set aside differences to save the world is a much needed hope that if the world is at stake we will all come together. Sure, the book is not all fairies and rainbows, the hero is actually a coward sent against is will to save humanity and in the mean time there is almost a surety that there will be wars and the usual humans in the time of an apocalypse, but the overall tone is optimistic and upbeat and is what a lot of us need sometime. So is a fast and entertaining lecture, that you maybe forget after a while what is about, but you will remember that you felt good reading it.