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alicechris's Reviews (202)
Enormously, incredibly good. Read this and find out as little as possible about it first.
Without a doubt one of the best books I'll read this year.
Without a doubt one of the best books I'll read this year.
Bought this after going to the live podcast recording of the No Books on a Dead Planet on this book. I'm really glad I got introduced to it and it's given me a lot of food for thought (particularly the final few sections). If you're already fairly immersed in climate stuff and literature and want an in depth analysis of the two (apart and together) - I can't imagine much better than this is out there.
However, I wish a book so determined to get its message out there was written in a more accessible style - I find it very frustrating when academic books are written in a style that makes them harder to understand and so I'd be hesitant to recommend this to friends. I accept this is partly because of the literary criticism in this (in which I have no background).
However, I wish a book so determined to get its message out there was written in a more accessible style - I find it very frustrating when academic books are written in a style that makes them harder to understand and so I'd be hesitant to recommend this to friends. I accept this is partly because of the literary criticism in this (in which I have no background).
Read this all in one on the train from Newcastle to London. I enjoyed the episodic nature of it and would definitely pick up something by Curtis again (esp with a long train journey coming).
Horrible and fun, but not at the levels Our Wives reaches. The writing style and ambiance generally lovely but suffer in comparison if you've already read Our Wives.
Gorgeously written, emotionally astute, and stylistically clever. The characterisation in this is phenomenal, Sonia, Mariam and Haneen in particular. Would love to see this win the women's prize.
Absolutely devoured this, it was such a fun escapist read and it really lives up to its brilliant/ridiculous premise. However I am nothing if not a hater of the monarchy, so its (literal) romanticisation and the rare inaccuracy did disrupt my immersion, but only very occasionally.
CMQ is a great writer of found family, and the way they write about queerness feels tender and special - reminds me very much of Lex Croucher whose work I adore.
Yes, part of me wishes the book had engaged more with the campaign to abolish the monarchy or hadn't presented the Democrats as flawless, but these aren't fair things to expect of a romance set in the funniest geopolitical context possible!
CMQ is a great writer of found family, and the way they write about queerness feels tender and special - reminds me very much of Lex Croucher whose work I adore.
Yes, part of me wishes the book had engaged more with the campaign to abolish the monarchy or hadn't presented the Democrats as flawless, but these aren't fair things to expect of a romance set in the funniest geopolitical context possible!
Found this really interesting, as with all essay collections there were ups and downs and so this took me a while to get through (although I found the essays got better as I went on). I tend not to engage with (organised) religion and so was surprised by how powerful and inspiring these explorations of Islam are - this book is an important reminder of how faith can be a progressive force for good.
This is also a book of a specific moment - without checking the publication date I could easily describe it as 'post-brexit and pre-BLM'. There's an element of 2010s pop feminism individualism to this kind of essay style that I don't feel totally comfortable with, but it didn't take much away from my enjoyment of these essays.
This is also a book of a specific moment - without checking the publication date I could easily describe it as 'post-brexit and pre-BLM'. There's an element of 2010s pop feminism individualism to this kind of essay style that I don't feel totally comfortable with, but it didn't take much away from my enjoyment of these essays.