A review by pookykun
The Promise of Happiness by Sara Ahmed

4.0

This is great. Really readable, too (though chapter one was kind of dry - but its important for setting up the context around what is to be discussed so stick with it!) It might take a couple more reads for me to fully absorb what's going on here, and maybe the rating could change after that, but I really, really liked it. It's careful, thoughtful work. Chapters 2, 3 and 4 in particular were fantastic.

I only recently discovered Sara Ahmed but I wish I'd discovered her work soon. (She has a lot of books to read from; some of them expensive. If you want to see some other material from her for free though, she has a blog: feministkilljoys.com)