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If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio
3.75
like everyone says, this is a less amazing imitation of the secret history. i still enjoyed parts of it though.
Before Your Memory Fades by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
2.75
repetitive. also what the fuck was that ending 😐😐😐😐
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
4.75
coryo is such an interesting character. i wish we learnt more about tigris!
Animal Farm by George Orwell
4.5
"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."
This book still remains relevant today.
This book still remains relevant today.
Tales from the Café by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
emotional
sad
3.0
not as good as the first one but it was nice to learn more time-travel cafe lore lmao
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
dark
mysterious
tense
5.0
"i am nothing in my soul if not obsessive"
CAMILLA DESERVES BETTER !!
i got chills when they said that they remembered chasing a deer but camilla remembered being a deer.. and when richard randomly got intrusive thoughts about her
CAMILLA DESERVES BETTER !!
I Saw Ramallah by Mourid Barghouti
4.0
"What deprives the spirit of its colours?
What is it other than the bullets of the invaders that have hit the body?"
What is it other than the bullets of the invaders that have hit the body?"
On Palestine by Ilan Pappé, Noam Chomsky
4.5
'On Palestine' was very insightful and I enjoyed the essays + Q&A style format. However, it was quite repetitive and I spotted a few typos. It definitely should have been edited to be more concise.
Chomsky and Pappé offer their pro-Palestinian viewpoints as Jewish people and discuss topics like:
Chomsky and Pappé offer their pro-Palestinian viewpoints as Jewish people and discuss topics like:
- the one-state vs two-state solution
- importance of the language used (how Israel uses certain language to manipulate both its citizens and those in the West, as well as how pro-Palestinian activists should be careful of their language used)
- US influence and how it allows Israel to keep doing this
- comparison of the South African apartheid
- importance of the language used (how Israel uses certain language to manipulate both its citizens and those in the West, as well as how pro-Palestinian activists should be careful of their language used)
- US influence and how it allows Israel to keep doing this
- comparison of the South African apartheid
to name a few.
"A society without socio-economic integrity and solidarity can collapse from within, and not even a strong ideological indoctrination would keep it intact"
"I still think the principle motive behind Israelis' support for the two-state solution is not reconciliation but a wish to control as much of the land with as few Palestinians in it as possible"
"If you secularize the Jewish religion, you cannot use the bible as a justification for occupying Palestine. It was a bizarre mixture, which I like to call 'a movement made by people who do not believe in God but God nonetheless promised them Palestine.' "
"You need to understand how these languages are a means of manipulating the knowledge that is there so as to form a certain point of view and prevent another point of view from coming into the space."
"A society without socio-economic integrity and solidarity can collapse from within, and not even a strong ideological indoctrination would keep it intact"
"I still think the principle motive behind Israelis' support for the two-state solution is not reconciliation but a wish to control as much of the land with as few Palestinians in it as possible"
"If you secularize the Jewish religion, you cannot use the bible as a justification for occupying Palestine. It was a bizarre mixture, which I like to call 'a movement made by people who do not believe in God but God nonetheless promised them Palestine.' "
"You need to understand how these languages are a means of manipulating the knowledge that is there so as to form a certain point of view and prevent another point of view from coming into the space."