What are you reading? What are you watching?
For watching, mainly Mr. Robot as new episodes come out (season 3 has been awesome overall), as well as going back through The West Wing when I want some background noise. That and random nonsense on YouTube. Reading: Bleak House, Foucault's Pendulum, and Steppenwolf.
What's good about Mr. Robot? I found it difficult to get hooked on the first episode. I also hear the hype, and now you're saying it's above just "good".
For me it's an awesome character drama, while the broader events are also really cool. It dramatically increases in scope in later seasons, and if the first couple episodes are a little slow, there's definitely a payoff.
Thank you. I'll check it out again. I remember Breaking Bad being slow in the beginning and taking off like a train after a while.
Yeah, and at least for me Mr. Robot didn't take as long to do so. I posted briefly awhile ago (shortly after joining hubski, in fact) about the show.
I'm three episodes in. Took a break after the third one because the story got grim fast, and I don't handle grim topics well. Had to consider whether to continue. Had to spoil myself of the further development to do so. Sounds like the story's only getting more intense further on. Exciting, what they've done with the main character's mental health and, subsequently, perspective. I'd like to see how it's portrayed. I think I'm going to continue watching. I think it's important for me as a writer to explore things like this. Strange how the morbid could be so enticing; that's human nature for you, but more so the writer's nature.
I'm glad you're liking it, and hope it doesn't bum you out too much :)