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milosolis 's review for:
All Things Are Too Small: Essays in Praise of Excess
by Becca Rothfeld
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reflective
Starting this book with an evocative ode to maximalism could arguably be the best possible way to prepare the reader for what’s about to come. Thankfully, the rest of the book followed a similarly grandiosely brilliant pattern. I don’t think I have ever read a book that so effortlessly (and magnificently good) plots arguments in favour of uncontrolled hedonism intertwined with surgical views on modern feminism - which I guess is indeed part of the point. The way she writes about her husband, both from a more intellectual and traditionally romantic way, and from a pure sexual and bodily (flesh) perspective is truly sensational.
I was rather shocked to see some of the more tepid reviews of this book, and I could understand how some of the chapters in which she turns from philosophical and social commentary to art (in the form of books and movies) critique may take some readers by surprise. I myself however found these chapters as a more tangible reflection on the points made in the other essays; as palate cleansers to fully absorb the rest of the book.
All in all I would highly recommend this book (I do so as a man, and I believe other men would similarly benefit greatly from reading this book).
I could try and paste some of my favourite sentences or reflections here as examples of what you may encounter - but doing so would require bringing over more than half of the pages written, and as such I just refer you to the actual book.
I was rather shocked to see some of the more tepid reviews of this book, and I could understand how some of the chapters in which she turns from philosophical and social commentary to art (in the form of books and movies) critique may take some readers by surprise. I myself however found these chapters as a more tangible reflection on the points made in the other essays; as palate cleansers to fully absorb the rest of the book.
All in all I would highly recommend this book (I do so as a man, and I believe other men would similarly benefit greatly from reading this book).
I could try and paste some of my favourite sentences or reflections here as examples of what you may encounter - but doing so would require bringing over more than half of the pages written, and as such I just refer you to the actual book.