I pre-ordered "The Mysteries" and it was ... something. I guess. It's like a kids books for adults, with a nihilistic, cold message that left me uninspired. Strange to think that a cartoon tiger could observe the world in a more profound way than this book.
I just bought it.. wondering if I should have got it from the library instead. Ah well.
Yeah... I don't really wish to keep it around. It's disappointing
Well dang, I pre-ordered it also, and it is sitting at my parent's house. They (and my long dead grandpa Calvin) kept me supplied with anthologies as they came out and this was something I was looking forward to...
Well, formulate your own opinions on it. Personally I was left very much lacking.
I'm sorry you felt empty at the end of the book. I liked the message at the end and took it as a reminder that life's mysteries are what make life exciting.
The ending was basically that nothing you do matters. Pretty depressing
is that not freeing, in a way? all the mistakes I beat myself up over, in the end, will not matter. I find that to be kinda nice and it does give me some kind of peace.
I guess I looked at the ending in a glass half full type of way, but you thinking it's depressing is completely valid as well.
I suppose it is, but as a nihilist and an atheist, I know this already. I guess I was expecting something different.
there is no one in the last 40 years more punk than bill watterson
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