Though this album ain't the definitive creative statement of the band (A Night at the Opera would probably be), I find its cohesion better and would dare to say that from a musical point of view, wins over all the other Queen albums. The original vinyl B-side (from "Ogre Battle" onwards) is all Freddie Mercury's credited work, and feels like the Beatles' Abbey Road B-side: songs seamlessly merge into one another and create a grandiose tapestry. Though production's straightforwardness is no match for the almost over-engineered "A Night At The Opera", the composition's strengths are just enough to compensate. "The March Of The Black… Read more
An insightful no-nonsense reference for type-type relationships. Organized like an enneagram five would (well, at least one of the co-authors describes herself as a five, the other one likely to be one two (I won't resist the pun)), so lots of lists, charts and almost all the content is written next to a bullet point. 15-20 pages per enneagram type, plus interesting extras like an introduction to MBTI, help with enneagram misidentification, explanation of wings, centers and so on.
I really wish this book was at least twice thicker, as I feel this work goes just above scratching the surface. For every enneagram combination, for instance, you will find at most two examples (4-5… Read more
I saw the author's TED talk about sleep and got intrigued, so I bought the book; I was expecting revelations about sleep, and found some of the facts exposed in the book quite interesting. Unfortunately, they're drowned in a sea of bland personal stories; all in all, this 200-or-so page book could easily be distilled into 75 pages if that filler was removed - I don't need to read about the author's jet lag experiences (we *all* know the feeling), nor am I interested in her personal, redundant and unenlightening observations about people living under the midnight sun. Imperfections aside, when the author is really dealing with sleep and circadian cycle science, the book rocks.
