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3.86 AVERAGE
3.86 AVERAGE
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
This book has taken me an eon to read, something about kindle books - I just don’t reach for very frequently.
I loved the mix of sci-fi, fantasy, nerd with feminism. Seeing how the world is shaped by the stories we tell and the stories we share with each other.
I would recommend the book even if I have no idea to how rate it. So many quotes, good points, and just “ahhh” feminism!” - not sure how else to describe that feeling of I hate that that is the way life is
I loved the mix of sci-fi, fantasy, nerd with feminism. Seeing how the world is shaped by the stories we tell and the stories we share with each other.
I would recommend the book even if I have no idea to how rate it. So many quotes, good points, and just “ahhh” feminism!” - not sure how else to describe that feeling of I hate that that is the way life is
Really good essays from a pov that I thoroughly appreciate, especially after sampling the author's contributions to the sff realm. Hurley is inspirational and not just for her feminism. She speaks to me as a writer. Although we come to this from different perspectives, I can thoroughly relate to her frustration. This text should be part of a creative writing college curriculum.
More like 2.5.
I agree with most things Kameron Hurley believes in but I do not enjoy the way she talks about a lot of these issues. She is just so angry. I understand and I don't want to tell her not to be but in an essay collection I find it exhausting when almost every piece is cynical and pessimistic. I need more essays like the ones at the very end that are uplifting and empowering, that motivate me to fight. Less frustration and more "this is how we're gonna change things".
Apart from that this felt a lot like random blog posts (which they originally were). There was a lot of repetition between the different essays and very little clear structure. Also, I expected this to be more general but it was very personal and sometimes read more like a memoir - which is fine but not what I expected and wanted from this collection.
I agree with most things Kameron Hurley believes in but I do not enjoy the way she talks about a lot of these issues. She is just so angry. I understand and I don't want to tell her not to be but in an essay collection I find it exhausting when almost every piece is cynical and pessimistic. I need more essays like the ones at the very end that are uplifting and empowering, that motivate me to fight. Less frustration and more "this is how we're gonna change things".
Apart from that this felt a lot like random blog posts (which they originally were). There was a lot of repetition between the different essays and very little clear structure. Also, I expected this to be more general but it was very personal and sometimes read more like a memoir - which is fine but not what I expected and wanted from this collection.
hopeful
informative
medium-paced
It's quite good although unfortunately some of the essays should have been left on the blog and even one written for the book suffers from not just being written in an era but in a specific moment.
Gamergate and the Sad Puppies saga were big moments but 2015 was too soon to write about them in a past tense. The worst was yet to come with Sad Puppies as well as the voting changes to reduce the impact of bloc voting. Which even had it been written in 2018 might have aged poorly now with the organisation behaving badly recently.I'm referring to the controversy around the 2023 Hugo censorship which also included removing votes in an unsanctioned way due to concerns about slating by Chinese fans so maybe I'll also seem dated soon.
Gamergate and the Sad Puppies saga were big moments but 2015 was too soon to write about them in a past tense. The worst was yet to come with Sad Puppies as well as the voting changes to reduce the impact of bloc voting. Which even had it been written in 2018 might have aged poorly now with the organisation behaving badly recently.
This book changed the way I looked at women in science fiction. I always wondered why women did not write hard sci-fi or why there weren't many sci-fi women writers. Now I have the answers to all these questions.
Some parts were really good, some parts I didn't quite agree with and some parts were not that interesting. But she kept repeating few statements again and again and it got repetitive in places because of that. Overall, a great read and I highly recommend this book to everyone.
Some parts were really good, some parts I didn't quite agree with and some parts were not that interesting. But she kept repeating few statements again and again and it got repetitive in places because of that. Overall, a great read and I highly recommend this book to everyone.
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
Aquí tenemos una colección de ensayos con perspectiva de género sobre temas relacionados con la escritura, el mundo editorial y la vida online. Sin embargo, no he terminado de empatizar con los escritos,no sé muy bien cómo explicarlo, pero creo que la colección leída entera deja un poso de sobervia, quizás por todas las veces que la autora repite lo inteligente que es, lo mucho que ha viajado, lo mucho que ha leído...
En algunos puntos puede ayudarte a pensar, a reconocer ciertas actitudes que nos encontramos en la vida diaria. Pero me ha parecido simple y repetitivo. La misma historia una y otra vez. Página tras página.
There was so much in this book I needed to hear right now.
It's hard to review a collection of essays like this, because there are inevitably some I loved and some I didn't care for that much. Overall, there is some really good stuff in here - insights on feminism as well as geek culture in general. Quite a lot of the book could be used as a 'how to' guide for feminists interested in writing sci-fi/fantasy that is pro-women, which was interesting but not really that relevant to me personally.