I mean, on one level that is some amazing skill, but on the other ... ?!?!?!!??
Cats are definitely better.
(It would be one thing if everyone rolled their eyes at him, but there are people who positively worship Hemingway, who threaten to defriend people who don't like Hemingway, and I just can't figure it out. Understatement is great, but there's understatement and then there's sucking all life and colour out of your prose, and ... I'd better stop there before I go on all night.)
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The Spanish Civil War –
BORING.
I mean, on one level that is some amazing skill, but on the other ... ?!?!?!!??
Cats are definitely better.
(It would be one thing if everyone rolled their eyes at him, but there are people who positively worship Hemingway, who threaten to defriend people who don't like Hemingway, and I just can't figure it out. Understatement is great, but there's understatement and then there's sucking all life and colour out of your prose, and ... I'd better stop there before I go on all night.)