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A review by trywii
The Witches Are Coming by Lindy West
2.0
While intrigued by the title (as well as its larger quote from the context of feminism pushing back), this book was lackluster.
I was hoping for a more focused series of essays, but it takes a nosedive as soon as it turned right into a chapter dedicated to venting about how bad Adam Sandler movies are.
The skeleton of the author’s politics are something I’m actually more aligned with, but the book fails to put any substance on it. The humor is also grating. I’d imagine for someone who still thinks LOL Cats humor and older internet memes are funny would enjoy the joking tone in this book, however I personally found it grating and annoying.
The mentions of politics offer nothing new or any profound perspective. I wouldn’t even offer this as a ‘Baby’s First Feminist Thought’ kind of book as it does poorly on exploring that as well. It also ages painfully bad, as reading the “Well democrats wouldn’t take away Roe v Wade or LGBT rights!” bits while watching our current Dem president snooze while exactly that happens…It’s also painfully untrue for minorities who’ve been screwed collectively buy Dems before.
It’s not entirely bad…but it’s boring, and often too black and white. If you’re looking for feminist-type essays, I’d recommend Roxane Gay’s ‘Bad Feminist’, but if you’re looking more towards internet culture vs feminism, I recommend Laura Bates’ ‘Men Who Hate Women’
I was hoping for a more focused series of essays, but it takes a nosedive as soon as it turned right into a chapter dedicated to venting about how bad Adam Sandler movies are.
The skeleton of the author’s politics are something I’m actually more aligned with, but the book fails to put any substance on it. The humor is also grating. I’d imagine for someone who still thinks LOL Cats humor and older internet memes are funny would enjoy the joking tone in this book, however I personally found it grating and annoying.
The mentions of politics offer nothing new or any profound perspective. I wouldn’t even offer this as a ‘Baby’s First Feminist Thought’ kind of book as it does poorly on exploring that as well. It also ages painfully bad, as reading the “Well democrats wouldn’t take away Roe v Wade or LGBT rights!” bits while watching our current Dem president snooze while exactly that happens…It’s also painfully untrue for minorities who’ve been screwed collectively buy Dems before.
It’s not entirely bad…but it’s boring, and often too black and white. If you’re looking for feminist-type essays, I’d recommend Roxane Gay’s ‘Bad Feminist’, but if you’re looking more towards internet culture vs feminism, I recommend Laura Bates’ ‘Men Who Hate Women’