Ties together very public Nickelodeon abuses with her very personal family ones in such a poignant, unique, and captiAn interesting story well told.
Ties together very public Nickelodeon abuses with her very personal family ones in such a poignant, unique, and captivating way, And frankly unexpected in its honesty personality darkness and humor. And hearing it in her own voice ads a to. Of emotion. It’s so dense and heavy despite being so short...more
There’s just something uni que and rich about this - the clear characters the setting and period - which I love that it never never just lazily named There’s just something uni que and rich about this - the clear characters the setting and period - which I love that it never never just lazily named but rather shown. And it contains everything classics do, relationships politics spirituality distinct people strong n sense of place and time.
But there were a few moments that were glossed over that should have been built up to more, and it gets a bit long at times....more
There are a handful of interesting critiques of the west and unique perspective on time and history, but mostly it’s four stars because its SO insightThere are a handful of interesting critiques of the west and unique perspective on time and history, but mostly it’s four stars because its SO insightful and clarifying into the backwoods batsh*t mystical philosophy driving a a delusional fatalistic apocalyptic dictator and country of woefully ignorant citizens. ...more
It’s just surprisingly honest and insightful, and critical of her own religious community as it failed to foster compassion basic dignity for people tIt’s just surprisingly honest and insightful, and critical of her own religious community as it failed to foster compassion basic dignity for people tired of drowning in toxic positivity. And as a healthy 30y0 with out of nowhere health problems, I appreciate the existential insight and cultural observations “In our society, It is not safe to be a person in pain” ...more
I love how all the chic lit trash over 4,6 stars, but any book with a male protagonist and masculine interest gets trashed by all the females. It’s alI love how all the chic lit trash over 4,6 stars, but any book with a male protagonist and masculine interest gets trashed by all the females. It’s almost like, feminisms is just mysandry or something. Weird. Like Emma who calls all male commenters incels and claims they were incapable of even reading her review, instead of attacking their arguments she goes straight for gender based character attacks. Yaaaaaay feminism. ...more
Starts off like a “Taken” Parisian misadventure, with a persistent loving relative expected to crack the mystery, with plenty of Chekhovs gun moments,Starts off like a “Taken” Parisian misadventure, with a persistent loving relative expected to crack the mystery, with plenty of Chekhovs gun moments, but it grows into an entirely unexpected discovery with larger social commentary on feminism, capitalism, corruption, and a dysfunctional but united family.
If you want a short chapter page turner, this will get it done. Good setting and decent plot building, with interesting characters, the pace is mostly dependent on the constant perspective and timeline shifts, but it does a good job of planting questions and answering them for attentive readers, like where Sophie came from, Theranaos reference, and how the “tenants” actually know each other, with a bigger reward towards the end....more
It’s sort of like a spiritual experience itself. like a zen koan Experiencing insomnia so I tried this and Kept falling asleep. Not sure if that’s gooIt’s sort of like a spiritual experience itself. like a zen koan Experiencing insomnia so I tried this and Kept falling asleep. Not sure if that’s good or not, but I was so grateful. It’s relaxing and will revisit...more
Delightful in first half Carried me along reminiscent of The Go Between. Nice to have a rare male protagonist. But gets anticlimactic and Weird MysterDelightful in first half Carried me along reminiscent of The Go Between. Nice to have a rare male protagonist. But gets anticlimactic and Weird Mystery confusion stupid joy simple captures that being a boy the elevation beating just weird Chekhov does short poignant and pointless a bit better...more
Like most right wing “thinkers” his logic falls prey to obvious logical fallacies, a necessity for justifying a prescribed perspective of reality instLike most right wing “thinkers” his logic falls prey to obvious logical fallacies, a necessity for justifying a prescribed perspective of reality instead of be willing to discover it, this in turns creates an anxiety and endemic fear of change, and of reality.
Mastery over nature bad, like agriculture, bc it’s start down evil path… he says as he takes a comfort break from pounding his modern typewriter on his wood desk to observe the rain through the glass from within his modern office with heating and electricity to eat food produced with no labor onhis part…
His fear also relies on eugenics, the American experiment hijacked by the Nazi’s… an endeavor which failed miserably being that genetic diversity is required for health, the opposite causes inumeroue diseases, like inbreeding. Which means his conspiracy theory consousnees devouring liberal techies villains are doomed to fail. Also assumed that there are zero roadblocks along the path of dehumanization, when in fact they are uncountable.
“Final conquest to be the abolition of man” is his final conclusion and logical leap.- from “subjectivism is bad“ to “all technological development is bad and malicious“. I’ve already pointed out the irony in hypocrisy. In this perspective, of course, the fact that he’s even allowed to sit and ponder and deliberate, and communicate such things as solely, the product of these technological developments and mastery over nature, that he supposedly despises and fears, but this is the thinking of the right-constantly points fingers without realizing the thing enabling them to point fingers is the very thing they’re pointing at.
Now there are some worthwhile criticisms of capitalism and the commodification of man and challenges to subjectivism, but these are the thinnest aspects of hi argument.and in fact it reads more like Dugins Fourth political theory, and if you don’t see a problem with his thinking then we know exactly who you are....more
This one was a bit boring. But I’m retrospect. I think that was the intention – to capture how boring these wives lives are in this town in this time.This one was a bit boring. But I’m retrospect. I think that was the intention – to capture how boring these wives lives are in this town in this time. I always read check out for brief poignant entertainment and I suppose this one still got the job done....more
I had no idea what this was about just following the trends, and I had to triple check the publication date after these quotes from the first chaptersI had no idea what this was about just following the trends, and I had to triple check the publication date after these quotes from the first chapters:
“There’s a flu epidemic Laura, it’s serious” “You have to get out of the city. Now” “…standing outside with seven shipping carts… The second cart was all toilet paper…”. And Malaysian beach scene is very “A death in Venice.”
It was Published in 2014. The detailed prophecy of this book is shocking. Moscow instead of Beijing, but still…
Other than that it’s an interesting commentary on how something considered trivial like entertainment is actually central/essential to humanity, as well as religion and the far right (evil in the name of and under the guise of good). And it is done so with clarity elegance and a relatable mood...more