Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma by Claire Dederer

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motel_bread's review against another edition

2.75
dark informative slow-paced
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sproingle's review against another edition

1.0
Me me me me me me me me I I I I I I I I 
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poetskings's review against another edition

4.25
challenging reflective medium-paced
this is a really interesting analysis moreso of how an audience engages with the work of ‘bad’ people. it queries what it means to be a monster, and posits that perhaps we are all monstrous in our own ways, so where is the line? to be a monster is to be normal, a part of the human condition. there is nothing exceptional about it. i think the conclusions drawn about there being no such thing as ethical consumption so consume whatever are perhaps a flattening and lack nuance of the conversation, but this is an interesting book that has shifted the way that i think about the art that i engage with

sabawik60's review against another edition

4.0
informative reflective medium-paced

steffi_23's review against another edition

4.0
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lwtrahan's review against another edition

4.5
challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

georgiadods's review against another edition

4.75
challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced
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vici_loves's review against another edition

3.0
informative reflective slow-paced
The first few chapters as well as the last 2 were excellent but unfortunately the middle was extremely meandering. And although I appreciate the late stage capitalism critique, this is the world we live in and each and everyone has to navigate in somehow. 

jazmac's review against another edition

4.25
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kartofffel's review against another edition

3.75
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