the introduction and chapter 1 were absolutely fantastic and interesting. unfortunately the rest of the book sort of felt like a tangent? it was very well written but i often felt while reading like there was a first book i was supposed to have read before this one. the author claims grandiosely many times about the failures of pragmatic queer movements with a take that gay marriage is bad yet never actually explains why this is the case. every other chapter was just a vague (though interesting) retelling of some niche queer history from the 60s and maybe a paragraph at the end which actually contextualized it; unsurprisingly those were my favorite parts. an interesting read for sure

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Geiger by Gustaf Skördeman

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dark tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No

2.5

what. just because you can add plot twists doesn’t mean you should 🙏. the ending didn’t make much sense at all and cheapened the plot. the author spent both too much and too little time on the sex exploitation subplot; depriving it of its potential meaning whilst engaging in its own form of exploitation for shock value. graphic rape scenes rarely add to the plot and they certainly didn’t here.

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In the Camps: China's High-Tech Penal Colony by Darren Byler

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dark fast-paced

4.0

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Most Famous Short Film of All Time by Tucker Lieberman

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reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character

2.75

i really wanted to like this book. the author tried to do too many things and therefore didn’t really pull off any of them well. the first half of the book is unbearably slow, from around pg 250-350 it’s solid but then there’s still another 100 pages left. the parts on trans theory i found quite interesting and would’ve liked for there to be more development. most of this book felt like the ramblings on an author desperate to prove their well read without actually explaining what they’ve read. interesting concepts are brought up and never developed or mentioned again. the structure of the book felt lacking; the last 100 pages of so are almost completely unnecessary. cool concept, poor execution.

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Another Country by James Baldwin

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emotional tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.5

james baldwin is a fantastic writer who creates the most unlikable characters ever. so much infidelity in this book it got boring. i would’ve loved more time spent from eric’s pov (he was my favorite), i thought the love arc between eric and vivaldi came out of nowhere

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