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lisatz's review
slow-paced
1.0
Naja. Anfangs ganz interessant, aber da es tatsächlich wie ein Tagebuch geschrieben ist, ist es dann doch nicht so abwechslungsreich. Bythell ist ein egozentrischer Buchladenbesitzer, der nie etwas falsch machen kann. Seine Aussagen zu Windrädern waren schockierend und unreflektiert, genauso wie er sich lange darüber ausgelassen hat als eine Trans Person in seinem Laden eingekauft hat und er nie weiß welche Pronomen er benutzen soll etc. Er erzählt außerdem, wie er eine seiner Angestellten zum Abschied umarmt und freut sich sehr darüber, dass ihr das sichtlich unangenehm ist. Bah!!!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism, Misogyny, Transphobia, and Deadnaming
taaya's review against another edition
slow-paced
2.0
I usually like biographies or memoirs of people owning a book shop. But this was spectacularly redundant. And, between the lines, rather ableist. While I can understand his hatred of e-readers and can accept that as a non-disabled person he has NO idea how important they are for making books accessible, but his childish happiness about making a person who doesn't like to be touched feel bad by hugging them ... Yeah, don't EVER do that without permission. It might lead to a person needing DAYS to recover, because for some people that is a huge issue.
And somehow he seems to still have the humour of a five year old, judging by the book titles he thinks are worth mentioning or even funny.
So ... not a book for me. Especially since the few interesting things that could come up never DO come up or get answered, like:
- Why does a person who HATES people that much owns a book shop where he was to meet people?
- How is it possible that a person who HATES people that much has so many friends and surrounds himself with people who obviously hates even when the shop is closed?
And somehow he seems to still have the humour of a five year old, judging by the book titles he thinks are worth mentioning or even funny.
So ... not a book for me. Especially since the few interesting things that could come up never DO come up or get answered, like:
- Why does a person who HATES people that much owns a book shop where he was to meet people?
- How is it possible that a person who HATES people that much has so many friends and surrounds himself with people who obviously hates even when the shop is closed?
Content Warnings
Minor: Ableism
amberinbookland's review
slow-paced
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fatphobia, Transphobia, and Ableism
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