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Practical Anarchism: A Guide for Daily Life by Shuli Branson

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hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

Another four star rating. I wish I had something like this when I first started reading theory. It is informative, accessible, and gives numerous recommendations for continued reading. I also really like the author's points about continued attempts to defer labor onto other things, whether other people or artificial intelligences which we create solely to work. Overall, it brought a lot of good information and, even though I was familiar with most of it and didn't bring a lot to the table for me individually, I am glad I read it.
Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America by Juan González

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informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

Pretty good, but there’s a line in there talking about how Palestine needs to take a backseat to the border issues which definitely didn’t age very well considering how there is a current genocide going on. Other than that I think it was incredibly informative, I really liked the chapter on free trade.
Moon Knight by Jeff Lemire

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challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

It’s a beautiful portrayal of DID and it’s cool to see the acceptance of their illness. The art is unbelievably beautiful and I can’t believe how well it mixes the three styles together.
The Punisher Max by Garth Ennis Omnibus, Vol. 2 by Garth Ennis

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dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Still quite a lot of unneeded sexual violence, but the story at the end called “The End” was one of the best things I’ve read, definitely worth checking out.
Evil Empire, Volume 1 by Max Bemis

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dark medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

It’s fine, I think there’s better stuff out there. Honestly, it kind of feels like paint by number “collapse of society.”
The Punisher Max by Garth Ennis Omnibus, Vol. 1 by Garth Ennis

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challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I heard how good this run was but was recommended to read Ennis’s other Punisher run, I chose this because I was able to get it at a crazy low price, both this and the second volume, and I really liked it. There is a lot of needless sexual violence which is completely unneeded, that’s why this isn’t a five star. I don’t think needless sexual violence to “show how evil a character is” adds anything to the story besides shock value.
History of the Marvel Universe Treasury Edition by

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dark informative slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

Worth a read if you’re interested and is something I’ve been personally looking for for a while. I do wish it was longer so it wasn’t as densely packed and I wish it had maybe less of a story than the stuff with Galactus and Frank Richards.
BRZRKR, Vol. 3 by Keanu Reeves, Matt Kindt

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dark fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The ending was pretty cool, it was definitely predictable but I did like where it was taken, it ended up being less generic than one would expect.
BRZRKR, Vol. 2 by Keanu Reeves, Matt Kindt

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

3.75

This was better than volume one, there was a part in issue #7 that uses a backwards kind of storytelling where we start at the present and then go backwards. It was a lot more experimental than I was expecting from a comic book where it solely focuses on action, it was cool.
BRZRKR, Vol. 1 by Keanu Reeves, Matt Kindt

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

3.0

Interesting, surprised that Keanu Reeves isn’t writing some fake-deep shit, but is instead embracing the fun and mindless stuff we need sometimes.