What did you read this year?
Casey’s
average rating for
2023
3.7
3.7
Imagine having the ego to think you can emulate Poe and depict events that would inspire some of his most famous works.
I feel like this probably works better as a physical book as the charts were hard to read using a Kindle (though I popped them out and zoomed), though that's not a fault of the book itself, just an observation for other readers. For me I think it just felt a little too wide-ranging, but the parts that did hook me were fun. I do think it's a nice blend of science and anecdote, and his writing voice is pretty enjoyable.
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