7 reviews 6 YES · 1 DEPENDS Who this is

• NONFICTION Roundtable Into Thin Air Jon Krakauer · 1997 The book’s value is that it shows exactly how a carefully organised undertaking can become unsound while everyone involved is still insisting that the next step is manageable. A System Under Load YES
• HISTORICAL FICTION Roundtable Lonesome Dove Larry McMurtry · 1985 I liked Lonesome Dove more than I expected to, although I did not enjoy all of it. A Fine Herd, Poor Planning, and a Lot of Dead Men YES
• CRIME & THRILLER Roundtable Only to Sleep: A Philip Marlowe Novel Lawrence Osborne · 2018 The best reason to read Only to Sleep is not to find out whether Donald Zinn has faked his death. Marlowe, Maintenance Required YES
• HORROR Roundtable Swan Song Robert R. McCammon · 1987 For all its excess, Swan Song earned its ending. A Very Long Way to Find Out What Survives YES
• HISTORICAL FICTION Roundtable The Name of the Rose Umberto Eco · 1980 I enjoyed The Name of the Rose, although I did not enjoy every page equally. A Proper Mystery, With Too Much Furniture YES
• CLASSICS Roundtable The Razor's Edge W. Somerset Maugham · 1944 The book takes a long route to it, with several unnecessary detours, but it gets there. A Long Detour Towards a Sensible Question YES
• NONFICTION Roundtable Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Robert M. Pirsig · 1974 My final view is therefore mixed, but not evenly mixed. A Very Long Way to Find the Useful Point DEPENDS

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