Alessandra is reading…

📘World of Wonders by Robertson Davies📘

The appetite for marvels and monsters is insatiable.

Magnus Eisengrim (Paul Dempster) tells his origin story in the last installment of the Deptford Trilogy.

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This book was so confusing for me – easily my most hated book of the trilogy. It was “narrated” by Ramsay, but mostly by Magnus because almost every chapter was Magnus talking about his life. And I couldn’t even tell if all of it was honest after he told Ramsay he lied about the carny.

Words are just facts from a lot of fools who have swallowed too many books.

I do appreciate the multitude of quotes that I got from this one; Davies is a great writer who makes me think, it was just that I was expecting this installment to have a little more plot than it did. I did get a bunch of quotes that I loved from this book, though.

The notion that everybody wants the latest is a delusion of intellectuals.

And here is a random note that I’m not sure I can discuss deeply because I read this so long ago (in May, I believe):

• Very interesting that though Magnus is making up this grand lie of a childhood for his benefit, not the entire story is about him. Narcissistic? But is it that Narcissistic that it’s not entirely about him?
  • yes I think so because they’re making a movie about his life

I’m glad I completed this one because I feel that at this point in my life, if I’ve started a series that I’ve enjoyed so far and am reading a book later on the series that I’m not enjoying as much, I’m still going to complete the book. Even though I’ll abandon any other book as soon as I know I don’t like it.

Boredom and stupidity and patriotism, especially when combined, are three of the greatest evils of the world we live in.

Read on, and keep tackling those books no one else is reading.