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4.18 AVERAGE
4.18 AVERAGE
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3.5 out of 5 stars
This is the third book by Solnit I have read and she's definitely consistent. The title essay in this book is the strongest in my opinion and many of the others raised excellent ideas but fell just short of nailing it.
This is the third book by Solnit I have read and she's definitely consistent. The title essay in this book is the strongest in my opinion and many of the others raised excellent ideas but fell just short of nailing it.
The essays were a bit repetitive, and the writing was at times too pompous, in my opinion. I liked the first few essays the most, my favourite one was "Escape from the Five-Million-Year-Old Suburb".
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Fave quote: "Many people speak of comfort as a right, even when - especially when - that comfort is built upon the silence and suffering of others."
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a really solid collection of essays that was surprisingly intersectional, will def read more solnit
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Książka ostatecznie rozczarowuje - jest w niej całkiem ciekawy tekst na temat milczenia ("Krótka historia milczenia"), ale poza tym jest to spora porcja patosu, instagramowych bon-motów i ślizgania się po tematach, zamiast dokładniejszej analizy. Szkoda, bo Solnit celnie wyłapuje bolączki patriarchalnego świata i aż się prosi, żeby na podstawie tych obserwacji sformułować jakąś konkretną propozycję odmiany tego stanu rzeczy.
So Rebecca Solnit--I was late to discovering her; she is my new favorite. Particularly when she talks about feminism. Brilliant writer. May have been obsessively reading her stuff ever since I found her.
For this entire book, I was just going "YES!!!"
For this entire book, I was just going "YES!!!"