cynstagraphy's reviews
141 reviews

Got this from our humanist wedding celebrant. So far it's really easy and understandable. It could even be read by relatives and friends who have no idea about humanism and non-religious ceremonies.

Real and human (too human) biography of one of the most iconic bands of the last decades, from within.

At times infuriating, at times inspiring, this book actually "tells it like it is": the history we don't hear in history lessons, the facts that don't care about your supremacist feelings, the truth behind myths that people in power make up as excuses to keep oppressing the powerless. At the end, it clearly gives calls to action for journalists, writers, creators and storytellers in general. We need new stories, our stories, your stories.

A redux/anthology compilation of the most infamous serial killers (all American, except for Chikatilo) covered by LPOTL. Listened to the audiobook while reading the ebook.

While the audiobook is a bit cardboardy, cold and without the flowing camaraderie of the show (missing Marcus' wheezing laughter), the comic book illustrations by Tom Neely are hillarious and add another layer to the audio-only experience the guys have delivered for almost a decade.

I'm not a fan of this particular genre, but unglamourising the serial killers and laughing at them (as opposed to seeing them as role models, idols or heartthrobes, as they wanted to be seen and unfortunately were by a lot of awful fanatics) works as a coping mechanism and an analysis of some of the worst human beings in post-nuclear, cold-war civilisation (no wonder the only non-USA case is from the USSR).

It'd be cool if they released more tomes, each dedicated to different themes LPOTL talks about: cults, cryptids, conspiracy theories, weird American history (Donner Party!) and so on. Maybe in the near future.