Part 1: Piranesi The book is written in journal form, with dated entries. It opens with someone (Piranesi) wandering the halls and vestibules of an expansive location. When the tides comes in, the person is flung around and submerged in water, in fear of death. But then it subsides. The person is determined to explore …
One by One brings a group of people together and then has them slowly start to die off. They’re all with a company that makes a music app which allows users to listen to the music that other people are listening to. And they’re in the middle of an increasingly contentious debate about whether to …
Prologue The book opens with a list of the employees at a British music app startup called Snoop and a news article about tragedy at a ski resort. It describes a “house of horror” situation, leaving four dead and two injured. There has also been heavy snows and an avalanche (and subsequent power outage) in …
Anxious People by Frederik Backman came out last week. I’ve been looking forward to it since I heard about it. I read A Man Called Ove, the novel that Backman is most well-known for, a while ago, and I was surprised that I liked it since “feel good” books are typically not my thing. I …
Chapters 1 – 2 The book starts by discussing a failed bank robbery on the day before New Years Eve that resulted in a hostage situation. The bank robber had fled outside and into the first open door. The only available route was up a flight of stairs where the robber saw an open house …
