souplover2001's reviews
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wish i could discuss with my grade 11 english class like i did with station eleven <3 also think it is a great choice to have this set in 2011 w the occupy movement, very intentional

now THIS is the batshit overzealous dumb horror comic book plot i was hoping for! thoroughly enjoyed and i love luke and aphra as character foils

chelli lona aphra i love her<3333 she is quickly becoming one of my favourite star wars characters and i loved seeing her interactions w her dad and with her crew, would love to know more about her upbringing in later volumes!!

from an earlier thra review lemme reiterate: "sav malagan u are soooo cool"

was going to leave unrated but i wanna try to bring the rating up to a 4 lol but nothing but love for the spectres <3

liked some stories more than others standouts for me were the sith of datawork, stories in the sand, reirin, eclipse, the trigger, the baptist, by whatever sun, and the whills!!! also i cannot believe of mse6 and men. like sdvtyuiohjnvkdsvm. i was so eager to read this and it was sooooOOO. baffling! especially listening to the audiobook??!!? i hate it but also i need to tell everyone about it. star wars will be like. "here is gay representation <3 it's bad" HAHAHHAHA😭😭😭😵‍💫😖 </3

"reinvention requires both a kind of death and a desire to keep living. and so, at it's core, reinvention is inextricably linked to hope. the hope that we can find a new way, take another shape." yeah, yeah, literally. literally this.

while there were few anecdotes that i didn't wholly agree with, the overarching themes of growth and change was such a highlight for me, especially to be reading this at a time when so much change has been and will continue to come in my young adult life. passages about the changes that come with friendship and the overall kindness that shraya had when talking about her past self will stick with me for a while. like, there is no "true" or "authentic" self and it is so important to treat our past selves with more empathy!!! i AM the product of every choice i've made and while not all great, they have made me the person that i am now and i will continue to live a life that will honour the resilience and change i have endured!!

as always i tend to keep more personal memoirs unrated but i liked it! twas a quick read and brought up great insights about gender and it's relation to everyone (not just men) and abt fear and it's relationship to misogyny that i will continue to ruminate on!

enjoyed reading this! the art we create is never devoid of its political context and the experiences that we have as designers—a typically privileged career to have tbh—shapes the work we create and the solutions we make for others.

appreciate the wide range of topics shared throughout the different aspects of design (typography, colour, image, etc.) but in that same vein i often found myself wishing that some parts were expanded more on. however, i know that this is just an introductory book and there is a list of additional readings at the end if you want to know more about certain chapters.

like many works of design before it, this book is also a culmination of a bunch of designers who have all contributed to the final project and i liked seeing the other experts from other designers!! this did leave me wondering if this book had an additional editor since i did not see one credited on the book itself and there were some parts that made me do a double take, both in the "is this a typo?" kind of way and in pater's choice of diction and capitalization in some places. but a good book nonetheless! nothing too groundbreaking but as the title suggests, a great book for getting into the (not so global) basics of the politics of graphic design

imagine reading this back in 1991 with only the original trilogy out like id lose my marbles!!!!!! also very cool to see that a lot of current star wars lore derives from this book (and series probably??)