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samohtj's review
5.0
This book came as close to changing my life as I think any book can. Questions about liberty, community, philosophy, are all posed in ways that I've never seen before. It forces you to reckon with the ways we act, how we interact with each other, even the things we want, are affected by the advanced, oppressive society we're all stuck in. Most radical politics books focus on economic or macro-political issues, but this book is uniquely personal, taking ideas of radical thought and applying them in ways you might not expect. What assumptions have you made about the way your life must be? Are those assumptions true? Is there any other way to live? I found this book extremely valuable for anyone asking those sorts of questions, maybe for the first time.
cedewey's review
4.0
The latest novel from the anarchist collective people love to hate and hate to love shows a lot of growth both in writing and thoughts since Days of War, Nights of Love.
I think what I liked more than anything was how the book included a healthy dose of humility alongside the standard hyberole Crimethinc. is known for. The protagonists don't just save the day in some romantic revolution, they have weaknesses and failures and in the end despite a rousing call for hope, the questioning and the uncertainty of fighting for a completely different world is acknowledged. I appreciate that.
I think what I liked more than anything was how the book included a healthy dose of humility alongside the standard hyberole Crimethinc. is known for. The protagonists don't just save the day in some romantic revolution, they have weaknesses and failures and in the end despite a rousing call for hope, the questioning and the uncertainty of fighting for a completely different world is acknowledged. I appreciate that.
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