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The memoir of a man who survived the horrors of Hiroshima is to be published for the first time this summer after its discovery in a US archive. The 230-page memoir was written almost 80 years ago by Kiyoshi Tanimoto, who witnessed the city’s destruction in 1945.
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r/books - The memoir of a man who survived the horrors of Hiroshima is to be published for the first time this summer after its discovery in a US archive. The 230-page memoir was written almost 80 years ago by Kiyoshi Tanimoto, who witnessed the city’s destruction in 1945.
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Why did NO ONE tell me that Animorphs was NOT a good palate cleanser from Dungeon Crawler Carl?
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Why did NO ONE tell me that Animorphs was NOT a good palate cleanser from Dungeon Crawler Carl?
Why did NO ONE tell me that Animorphs was NOT a good palate cleanser from Dungeon Crawler Carl?

I finished “A Parade of Horribles” and I thought to myself, <Self, you need some R & R. A return to the light side. Something weird and funny but, you know, lighter.> I hadn’t read Animorphs before. I read ONE post. I was like, <Cool, this sounds like a good pivot.> Right? Wrong. I read all 54 books plus the extras in like three weeks. And I have questions. How the HECK do these teenagers have a body count that rivals the winning warlord of Faction Wars? Not to mention the war crimes. I’m shooketh. Very shooketh. My flabbers are gasted.

Also, don’t tell me the Ellimist couldn’t have saved [character].

Anyway, I need to talk about this with somebody. Sorry if this is the wrong sub.

ETA: Yes, of course I liked the series. I didn’t just read 54+ books for nothing! 😂 But, you know, any good book (series) is going to make you feel things and this one blindsided me.

ETA2: Really, guys, it’s okay. I’m not actually emotionally traumatized. It’s almost as if I was being intentionally over
-dramatic for comedic purposes! For those of you who didn’t figure it out: I’m an adult who enjoyed the series but was shocked that a kids book would be that intense. Not that I can’t *handle* it or am going to go into some kind of crisis 😂. I was hoping to maybe make some people laugh with my delivery and apparently that gave off the impression that I was genuinely scarred. I like things that are funny, wholesome, and/or weird. If media meets at least two of those criteria, I’ll give it a chance. I don’t care what package it’s in. Apparently some people think I need to grow up, but you know what? The world is a sad, dark place already. I prefer to spend my time consuming media things that make me smile. That doesn’t mean I don’t love a good philosophical discussion every once in a while. Heck, you want a philosophical discussion about the horrors of war? I was re-reading Red Rising before this. I just thought it was funny that I switched gears to try and lighten up a bit and absolutely chose the wrong series for that.

ETA 4: For those of you wondering how I got access to all the books so fast, I pay annually for a service called Bookshare. I found it through school, because if you are a disabled student in the US you can get it for free. (I’m legally blind). Now that I’m an adult, I pay $70 a year for an annual subscription. It’s unlimited, so I get any book they have for free, forever. I believe you can pay for the subscription even if you aren’t disabled, but for obvious reasons I haven’t looked into it too deeply. But if you are a student (including college) or know a student with a disability that affects reading, like blindness, ADHD, or dyslexia, and you can prove it with medical documents, you get unlimited books for free. I highly recommend it!