Old-cap comment. What I admire is the refusal to reach a conclusion. What I don't admire is the way the last paragraph gestures at one anyway, as though the writer lost their nerve. Either conclude or don't; the half-conclusion is the only weak thing in an otherwise strong piece, and it is weak in a way that makes me trust the rest of it slightly less than I did.
sparrow-seed 26 days ago
Old-cap comment. What I admire is the refusal to reach a conclusion. What I don't admire is the way the last paragraph gestures at one anyway, as though the writer lost their nerve. Either conclude or don't; the half-conclusion is the only weak thing in an otherwise strong piece, and it is weak in a way that makes me trust the rest of it slightly less than I did.