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75 reviews

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

0.5

MC moves so fast she scares off U-Haul lesbians.

Meat Market: Female Flesh Under Capitalism by Laurie Penny

informative reflective fast-paced

3.0

Fairly fundamental in its depth and breadth but its short page count (<80pp) along with its accessible-academia makes it uniquely suitable for pilling anti-capitalist feminism.

Beyond Bigger Leaner Stronger: The Advanced Guide to Building Muscle, Staying Lean, and Getting Strong by Michael Matthews

informative inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

4.5

Underglobalization: Beijing's Media Urbanism and the Chimera of Legitimacy by Joshua Neves

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

The Xenofeminist Manifesto: A Politics for Alienation by Laboria Cuboniks

challenging hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced

3.5

Beyond gorgeous as a construction (design, graphics, layout, etc.) and easily the defining part of it which is a bit of a shame given how much it overshadows the actual text which itself is interesting if limited. Worthwhile criticisms of the manifesto are a bit beyond my efforts here, but suffice to say I believe large-scale solidarity is what should be striven for—not alienation. The ideas are fascinating nonetheless.

Enjoying It: Candy Crush and Capitalism by Alfie Bown

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

What might be the ideological purpose of that which seems to escape a reading altogether? Not in the surface reading of an ostensibly-ideological activity and its explicit messages, but in the very act of enjoyment as a contrast to productivity and the implicit ideology it breeds through instilling capitalistic guilt within our neoliberal subject formation.

The obvious cliché (seen from a thousand miles away) would be to say that this short monograph is enjoyable, but I do particularly have to commend it as a bite-sized introduction to psychoanalysis that, to my great surprise, makes it greatly enjoyable.

Y/N by Esther Yi

dark mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Mr. Boop by Alec Robbins

dark funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

A spectre is haunting the Internet — the spectre of Anno.

The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0