diff --git a/books_disliked.html b/books_disliked.html index 6c8d63a..94ceca1 100644 --- a/books_disliked.html +++ b/books_disliked.html @@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ the name of Lord Christ Jesus. Amen.
Kishore Mahbubani. "Can Asians think". @@ -74,5 +76,24 @@ Clearly I have to think critically about whatever else Mr. Mahbubani claims.
- 29th October 2020
Stephen Black. "I ate Tiong Bahru". + +
++Gave up reading after a few pages. +Some may laud Mr. Black's words as a "stream of consciousness", but I felt +as if facts were being stuffed down my throat. An off-putting experience (for me, at least). +
++And I recall someone writing: "given the weight of facts, it is very difficult to avoid reporting the facts. This calls for astuteness of means, and a distillation of materials." +
++Does Mr. Black come across as astute, through the pages of this book? I leave it to another (new) reader to discover for himself/herself/themselves. +
+- 14th February 2021. +
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