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Gilgamesh is a SEVERELY underrated source of comedy potential; think Beowulf but with even more god-forged doppelgängers, unwarranted hubris, misinterpreted dreams, and hungry snakes.

AUDREY'S ONE-SENTENCE BOOK REVIEWS

I cried during the entirety of the "Our Star" chapter but on reexamination I think I was just having a separate unrelated breakdown

AUDREY'S ONE-SENTENCE BOOK REVIEWS

Very compelling metaphor for the seductive power of incel reddit, from before reddit was even a thing

AUDREY'S ONE-SENTENCE BOOK REVIEWS

This is the closest thing the 20th century has to an epic poem along the lines of Gilgamesh, Beowulf, and the Odyssey; I just love to see a celebrated hero get wrecked by their own hubris

AUDREY'S ONE-SENTENCE BOOK REVIEWS

This book is a didactic parable on social responsibility and the nature of authority, with a fight scene choreographed to "I'm Alive" from the 1980 film Xanadu thrown in for good measure