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A review by worm_food
Love in Exile by Shon Faye
4.25
Not every books a magnum opus! Not every book attempts to do the unattempted! Not all nonfiction should be needlessly dense and unenjoyable!
I liked this one I really did! Very interesting to read, I really enjoyed the structure of the different institutions of love, it made it a bit looser in its structure but more cohesive overall I think. Non fiction writing about love as Shon says has existed since the beginning of time, so this book doesn't try to reinvent the wheel - it tries to be (and is, successfully) what it actually is, personal anecdotes blended with an honestly very pleasant theoretical analysis that doesn't necessitate 5 references per sentence.
Especially fun to read considering how my experiences with sexual attraction towards men and, and my relationship with femininity (which is to say I don't have one w either. I pay alimony to one and I am paid alimony by the other. Which is which you gotta guess) diverge from hers - that and also age (being Gen Z, derogatory). Not because of the similarities I found beyond our differences, but rather because thru her writing I could understand her despite them. Good! Fun! Very easy to follow and read! Non fiction that's fun! Yippee!
I liked this one I really did! Very interesting to read, I really enjoyed the structure of the different institutions of love, it made it a bit looser in its structure but more cohesive overall I think. Non fiction writing about love as Shon says has existed since the beginning of time, so this book doesn't try to reinvent the wheel - it tries to be (and is, successfully) what it actually is, personal anecdotes blended with an honestly very pleasant theoretical analysis that doesn't necessitate 5 references per sentence.
Especially fun to read considering how my experiences with sexual attraction towards men and, and my relationship with femininity (which is to say I don't have one w either. I pay alimony to one and I am paid alimony by the other. Which is which you gotta guess) diverge from hers - that and also age (being Gen Z, derogatory). Not because of the similarities I found beyond our differences, but rather because thru her writing I could understand her despite them. Good! Fun! Very easy to follow and read! Non fiction that's fun! Yippee!