And read them, too, for the way they make uncertainty seem not just tolerable but the only sane way to look at the world.
Maybe if Cassandra Clare had learned from her mistakes I could find this series slightly more than just tolerable, which is how it stands right now.
The characters are fictional, but the players who guide their behavior are real; if the crossmarketing works, it will be because the players find it not just tolerable but also actually gratifying to see their fantasy lives and their consumer lives made indistinguishable.
Erdal resorts to clichés when she muses on the nature of artistic creation, but she is discerning about her motives for ghosting — money, a compulsion to please, and a cloistered Scottish Presbyterian childhood that made the "irony and absurdity" of her job seem not just tolerable but glamorous.
These combined elements made our twelve to sixteen-hour days not just tolerable but downright joyous.
Resident Evil Code: Veronica was OK – I mean, not a masterpiece like the original, but just tolerable and the plot was just ridiculous enough to keep us going.
