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Monsters: What Do We Do With Great Art By Bad People?
by Claire Dederer
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
in the opening of the final chapter of this book, claire dederer recounts a debate she and some friends had about their favourite trees in the pacific northwest of america, with dederer’s decision coming down to nothing other than the beauty of a specific kind of tree. to me, that’s a perfect description for what this book is like - on the surface, it poses some big, self-reflective, very important questions, but only sees fit to view them on an aesthetic level, and dances around any answer that doesn’t fit directly into the author’s very feminist-oriented system of beliefs.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Pregnancy, Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Drug use, Emotional abuse
Minor: Death of parent