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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
challenging
funny
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
slow-paced
This book was so insightful, challenging, provoking, beautiful...The emotion and relatability only increases with each chapter. The author brings the book to a close in such a 'there we are' moment, in a way non-fiction books rarely do. I predict that it will stay relevant to our culture for decades to come, and would recommend it to everyone.
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
Topical af.
I really enjoyed reading this one. I don't think what Dederer presents is necessarily novel, but she succinctly presents some evocative points about how we think about the ethics of media consumption.
I really enjoyed reading this one. I don't think what Dederer presents is necessarily novel, but she succinctly presents some evocative points about how we think about the ethics of media consumption.
dark
emotional
funny
informative
sad
medium-paced
love dederer's writing. she captured that inner push-and-pull between a person and their problematic fave so well. however, i wasn't a big fan of the chapters on female 'monsters'—it feels like there was more that could've been said about solanas' and plath's 'monstrosity'? (e.g. plath's racism) i was a little disappointed that dederer chose to ignore those bits. i didn't agree with her classification of 'mothers who abndon their children' as monsters either.
however, i really enjoyed the discussions that dederer brought into her book. it was incredibly thought-provoking, and forced me to abandon the black-and-white way of looking at things that most people are guilty of.
however, i really enjoyed the discussions that dederer brought into her book. it was incredibly thought-provoking, and forced me to abandon the black-and-white way of looking at things that most people are guilty of.
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
informative
reflective
fast-paced
informative
reflective
medium-paced
this felt like researching for a paper I don't need to write, which is nice because I miss uni. very personal, stream-of-consciousness, anecdotal approach to a very interesting and all too familiar topic without being too adamant to find a solid answer to the title question.