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This conjured in me the same blinding rage as Emily in Paris and for the same reasons.
People need to be banned from writing about a perfect American girl being treated like a princess and incredibly lucky in Paris, finding themselves with colorful side characters who only live to serve them (and one Moroccan man, complete with a fez, to sell Pakistani spices and show how multicultural the city is, I guess). Bref, my scorn towards Americans is one degree higher and I hadn't even realized it could go higher.
At least the food was good, although the logistics of the wine and dishes had me anxious the entire time.
People need to be banned from writing about a perfect American girl being treated like a princess and incredibly lucky in Paris, finding themselves with colorful side characters who only live to serve them (and one Moroccan man, complete with a fez, to sell Pakistani spices and show how multicultural the city is, I guess). Bref, my scorn towards Americans is one degree higher and I hadn't even realized it could go higher.
At least the food was good, although the logistics of the wine and dishes had me anxious the entire time.
A Righteous Smokescreen: Postwar America and the Politics of Cultural Globalization
DID NOT FINISH: 3%
Horrible reading format, but the book seems interesting. I'll come back to it if I find it in paper or Epub
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
bouquin de gros forceur mais très rigolo j'admets
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fatphobia, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual content, Islamophobia
Moderate: Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Stalking
Minor: Alcoholism, Homophobia
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
À 16 ans, Naissance d'un pont me donnait l'impression de basculer. Quand j'y pense, je me sens encore emporté et retourné, alors que j'ai depuis longtemps oublié les mots qui composaient le livre.
À 31 ans, Jour de ressac me fait comprendre pourquoi j'ai ressenti ça.
La plume de Maylis de Kerangal me ravit.
À 31 ans, Jour de ressac me fait comprendre pourquoi j'ai ressenti ça.
La plume de Maylis de Kerangal me ravit.
I hated pleasure activism. I thought this would redeem the author in my eyes as it's a topic I care about.
The first 22 pages of this 88 page book are about explaining why the book has been changed since the original blog post.
After wasting my time on a quarter of the book, I checked the table of contents and saw that We will not cancel us starts at page 51 and the afterword starts at page 52.
I kept reading - after all, I had finally finished all the warnings and apologies, so I was ready to power through.
The book started talking about US politics and why the US doesn't deal with covid as well as other countries. That was, as a non-American who is deeply uninterested in US navel-gazing and someone who doesn't really believe in governments to begin with, my last straw.
The first 22 pages of this 88 page book are about explaining why the book has been changed since the original blog post.
After wasting my time on a quarter of the book, I checked the table of contents and saw that We will not cancel us starts at page 51 and the afterword starts at page 52.
I kept reading - after all, I had finally finished all the warnings and apologies, so I was ready to power through.
The book started talking about US politics and why the US doesn't deal with covid as well as other countries. That was, as a non-American who is deeply uninterested in US navel-gazing and someone who doesn't really believe in governments to begin with, my last straw.
This feels like bad His Dark Materials fanfiction and I'm sad.
informative
fast-paced
Ok, très bonne description de la menace fasciste. Mais comme ça disait "face à la menace fasciste", naïf comme je suis, je pensais que ça allait au moins mentionner des pistes de ce qu'on peut faire contre. C'est presque esquissé dans les 3 dernières pages mais juste pour nous dire que ce qu'on fait ne sert à rien.
Lecture passablement frustrante, donc.
Lecture passablement frustrante, donc.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism, Police brutality