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At Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O'Brien
4.5
Kooky crazy, all about how powerful language/discourse/stories can influence and control
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
4.0
Enjoyed it in the moment, not really any lasting effects on me
Capitalism will spoil any intentions
Capitalism will spoil any intentions
White Noise by Don DeLillo
5.0
Imagine if DeLillo wrote an episode of Seinfeld wouldn't that be something
Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
sad
tense
medium-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
5.0
Iconic, unstoppable, baffling, unlike anything else in fantasy
From my second reading: even better! I could make a lot more sense of where things were situated temporally and I simply love how non-Western sexualities and approaches to human/nature divide appear in the very way that the book is written. I'm so excited to read Moon Witch Spider King.
From my second reading: even better! I could make a lot more sense of where things were situated temporally and I simply love how non-Western sexualities and approaches to human/nature divide appear in the very way that the book is written. I'm so excited to read Moon Witch Spider King.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, and Violence
Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler
5.0
Octavia Butler is one of the most observant, most prescient, most visionary author we've ever had, better than your fave
Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany
Still thinking about this constantly, a benchmark in science fiction and queer theory and literary theory that people aren't talking about enough anymore
The Besieged City by Clarice Lispector
5.0
Very strange to read this alongside Dhalgren, birth and death of cities from masculine and feminine perspectives