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3.48 AVERAGE
3.48 AVERAGE
challenging
funny
informative
tense
fast-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Ok I loved this… whip smart, quick, and puts a lot of my thoughts down on paper in a way I could never… I DID think Martin was going to bring up the fact that Lenny was Jake’s mom during the interview… I kind of wish he did because I didn’t want the book to end! I’m a new fan and will read all her books now!
I had to look up a couple of the British things, but I didn’t mind. It kept me in the world. I thought the characters were complicated and well developed and I enjoyed reading from all of their perspectives.
At first I was like wtf is this article LOL but it’s all explained later… clever hehe!!!
Quotes:
-in the cold light of 2021, Richard Spencer’s conduct begs the question: Why does our society tolerate these greedy, pitiful men?
-a shopgirl. Was this the person Hannah wanted to be? No, not at all. It didn’t seem fair that she should have to give up her hard-won cultural capital for financial security.
-on math and stats: now, he treasured the subject’s unassailable authority, particularly among the numerically illiterate. Frame any claim as an equation, he found, and you could consider the thing good as proved.
-Martin had, with some success, lightly embraced elements of ‘Judeo-Christian tradition’ in his recent writing. He’d detected hints of it in the culture at large, and he wanted to be well positioned should the bourgeois position on religion shift. Culture writing was a delicate art; it necessitated a sensitivity to the social mood.
-if anything, Hannah had been more emotionally invested than him, feeling attacked whenever her beliefs were mocked or dismissed. Unable to treat her own identity as a purely theoretical concept, their rhetorical jabs often felt personal.
-has she ever truly opposed capitalism, or merely her own disenfranchisement? Not that the distinction mattered, he supposed, as long as the grievance could be monetized.
-the truth, more often than not, benefited from the techniques of fiction. Every hack new that.
-I couldn’t stand being drunk. Though total sobriety was arguably worse.
I had to look up a couple of the British things, but I didn’t mind. It kept me in the world. I thought the characters were complicated and well developed and I enjoyed reading from all of their perspectives.
At first I was like wtf is this article LOL but it’s all explained later… clever hehe!!!
Quotes:
-in the cold light of 2021, Richard Spencer’s conduct begs the question: Why does our society tolerate these greedy, pitiful men?
-a shopgirl. Was this the person Hannah wanted to be? No, not at all. It didn’t seem fair that she should have to give up her hard-won cultural capital for financial security.
-on math and stats: now, he treasured the subject’s unassailable authority, particularly among the numerically illiterate. Frame any claim as an equation, he found, and you could consider the thing good as proved.
-Martin had, with some success, lightly embraced elements of ‘Judeo-Christian tradition’ in his recent writing. He’d detected hints of it in the culture at large, and he wanted to be well positioned should the bourgeois position on religion shift. Culture writing was a delicate art; it necessitated a sensitivity to the social mood.
-if anything, Hannah had been more emotionally invested than him, feeling attacked whenever her beliefs were mocked or dismissed. Unable to treat her own identity as a purely theoretical concept, their rhetorical jabs often felt personal.
-has she ever truly opposed capitalism, or merely her own disenfranchisement? Not that the distinction mattered, he supposed, as long as the grievance could be monetized.
-the truth, more often than not, benefited from the techniques of fiction. Every hack new that.
-I couldn’t stand being drunk. Though total sobriety was arguably worse.
funny
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was a short, sharp novel about the power of words, and every word counted. The storytelling was taut; every single word contributed to the intersecting stories. The overall idea was a satirical critique on capitalism, class, right-wing politics, anti-DEI, and greed. Powerful and funny.
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It starts with an article exploring how a man came to be attacked with a solid gold bar. Of course, there is so much more behind that headline.
This short novel has a lot to say about class, actually giving a shit about the greater good, and elitism. I loved Brown’s characterization, her prose flowed effortlessly, and the themes weren’t so black and white.
I read it in one day!
This short novel has a lot to say about class, actually giving a shit about the greater good, and elitism. I loved Brown’s characterization, her prose flowed effortlessly, and the themes weren’t so black and white.
I read it in one day!
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
reflective
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I loved her first book but found this a bit of a chore to get through. The social commentary felt to be at the forefront at all times at the detriment of a plot rather than seamlessly integrated as in Assembly.