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brisingr's review against another edition
4.0
I think that one of the moving things about all art is that somebody made it, and that they're not like me.
An adventure into the concept of limbo and its many uses, from historical, religious, social to the personal experiences of the author. Wouldn't be able to point more than 4-5 ideas in here, but I sure enjoyed the journey of reading this (and the writing style is really good as well). Expected something different, but I am not mad at what I got.
An adventure into the concept of limbo and its many uses, from historical, religious, social to the personal experiences of the author. Wouldn't be able to point more than 4-5 ideas in here, but I sure enjoyed the journey of reading this (and the writing style is really good as well). Expected something different, but I am not mad at what I got.
luminance2687's review against another edition
5.0
It almost has to be appreciated from a personal place of limbo, as the mere reference of many cultural exemplars of limbo won’t resonate with the secure or comfortable or plainly down-by-one. You must lose everything, or lose all mooring, to see that drifting off to sea is a trip you took with some acceptance of death. If you don’t find yourself grasping quickly to stay rooted in what you know, you’ll be searching yourself for new paths, and finding no purchase but the road itsef.
chillcox15's review against another edition
4.0
Like Dan Fox's other work, Pretentiousness, its a cross-cultural kaleidoscopic examination of a word in all of its implications and connotations. They are both very fun and engaging to read, filled with breezy intellectual leapfrogs between realms of thought. That being said, Limbo could have a bit more thrust in terms of an argument or central point, it feels like it is engaging with a rhizomatic look at the idea of Limbo for it's own sake-- not that that is a terrible thing to do! More books should be fun intellectual quaffs!
katrinpkirilova's review against another edition
3.0
There are some pretty cool references in this book.
I think that the movie ‘Ghost Story’ (2017) by David Lowery is a great depiction of what being in a state of limbo is.
I think that the movie ‘Ghost Story’ (2017) by David Lowery is a great depiction of what being in a state of limbo is.