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A review by kadesdoorway
Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
Did not finish book. Stopped at 13%.
first of all fuck this shit. there's only so much Racism and islamophobia a girl can take before snapping. from the moment the assassin was introduced in the book i was like Nahhhhhhh it's the twenty first century no way an author is getting away with blatant Racism but boy was i about to be proved wrong.
bold of a man who himself and his work can't be differentiated from a white sheet of paper to talk about the use of Hashish while drugs are legal for them and calling a whole race blood thirsty animals that think of women as co** sleeves WHILE their race was the one that started world wars, tried to wipe out religions AND occupied lands that weren't theirs. how about you mind your own damn business while we're at it, huh?
i am so sick and tired of the world portraying my people as terrorist. as mindless animals. for once why don't you try not to put an entire race in a fucking box and just accept that we're not all the same? you can't judge and describe a whole nation by the action of one person. i don't see you all walking around calling Germans names even though Hit**r had human-burning kilns and that was a whole thing.
most disappointing of all is the lack of criticism in that matter. i looked at the content warning here and racisms and use of racial slurs was in the MINOR section. how does that make me feel? TERRIBLE. this is not the only place i looked. i searched the internet for answers, maybe an apology, but i was naïve. i saw exactly one review that even contained my concerns and whether there was a solution to this crap. just find it hilarious how everyone's mostly concerned about scientific accuracy in the book. it's a work of fiction GET OVER IT. and before anyone tries to tell me that Dan Brown is "anti-religion" i would tell you to go read his interviews. he has very clearly stated that he thinks science and religion go hand in hand so no that is not a point you can make in his defense.
i read 100 pages and i can't take it anymore.
bold of a man who himself and his work can't be differentiated from a white sheet of paper to talk about the use of Hashish while drugs are legal for them and calling a whole race blood thirsty animals that think of women as co** sleeves WHILE their race was the one that started world wars, tried to wipe out religions AND occupied lands that weren't theirs. how about you mind your own damn business while we're at it, huh?
i am so sick and tired of the world portraying my people as terrorist. as mindless animals. for once why don't you try not to put an entire race in a fucking box and just accept that we're not all the same? you can't judge and describe a whole nation by the action of one person. i don't see you all walking around calling Germans names even though Hit**r had human-burning kilns and that was a whole thing.
most disappointing of all is the lack of criticism in that matter. i looked at the content warning here and racisms and use of racial slurs was in the MINOR section. how does that make me feel? TERRIBLE. this is not the only place i looked. i searched the internet for answers, maybe an apology, but i was naïve. i saw exactly one review that even contained my concerns and whether there was a solution to this crap. just find it hilarious how everyone's mostly concerned about scientific accuracy in the book. it's a work of fiction GET OVER IT. and before anyone tries to tell me that Dan Brown is "anti-religion" i would tell you to go read his interviews. he has very clearly stated that he thinks science and religion go hand in hand so no that is not a point you can make in his defense.
i read 100 pages and i can't take it anymore.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Sexual harassment, and Rape
Moderate: Sexism and Death of parent