I’m here for you.Just finished Lean on Pete. I'm in bits here, how am I supposed to work??
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I’m here for you.Just finished Lean on Pete. I'm in bits here, how am I supposed to work??
Suppose I'll have to reread this now in preparation for book two, out at the end of the weekFinished La Belle Sauvage just there last night.
It walks a fine line between telling its own story and filling in stuff in the universe that threaten to bog it down with "i created a wiki" kind of fanboyness. It's helped by being tonally quite different to His Dark Materials though, it doesn't jump straight into action this time and takes a long time meandering pleasantly around Oxford. There were a few unexpected moments in the latter half of the book that I was iffy about at first but won me over once by the end.
Hard to make any kind of judgement because it literally ends with "to be continued" and there's loads of stuff just kicking off but I certainly enjoyed it.
The print is still too big though, fucking ridiculous.
We went to see her do a reading of that a few months back and CANCELLED HER from our seats when it became clear that she didn't stay in her lane.View attachment 13100
Loved this. I learned a lot about Nigeria and Boko Harem. Very harrowing and not for anyone with a weak stomach or low tolerance for distressing scenes. Really beautifully written. One thing that left me feeling a little uncomfortable is the fact that this is written by a white, western woman. I was hoping the proceeds at least would go to girls affected by this and their children, but it didn't mention that.
We went to see her do a reading of that a few months back and CANCELLED HER from our seats when it became clear that she didn't stay in her lane.
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Beautifully written dystopian fiction and impressive but the female character irritated me. It was quite divisive but nonetheless impressive.
Do you actually know her? She seems sound, doesn't suffer fools i'd say.I know her and shes sound.
Bit of louis theroux effect there alright.
Do you actually know her? She seems sound, doesn't suffer fools i'd say.
Yeah, I definitely think her being 88 is a part of it. If it was a 21-year-old she would instantly be cancelled...Twice.We went to see her do a reading of that a few months back and CANCELLED HER from our seats when it became clear that she didn't stay in her lane.
Joking aside though, it's probably more a sign of her age that she isn't afraid of being cancelled on Twitter by writing from a different culture's perspective. I think it's fair enough as long as you realize that you're leaving yourself open to that kind of criticism (and in fairness, what kind of decent writer wouldn't factor that in at the very, VERY beginning? ). But also, lol, what proceeds would they be? Profit in literary fiction?
You KNOW Edna O'Brien!?!?!?I know her and shes sound.
Bit of louis theroux effect there alright.
This is it. "Everything about her begged to be victimized..."I read this recently too, it's definitely the most entertaining of the handful of her books that I've read. I find her too negative, her female characters are generally really weak neurotic people dependent on dominant men, people are nasty generally and there is a complete absence of joy of any kind. Totally miserable.
Yeah, I definitely think her being 88 is a part of it. If it was a 21-year-old she would instantly be cancelled...Twice.
“Not all of Boko Haram’s acts of sexual violence may have been reported, but researchers I spoke with were unaware of such incidents.”Well @_Katie_ there's scandal now
The New Yorkerâs Edna OâBrien profile is sexist and cold-hearted
The provocative magazine article is just the latest maligning of an extraordinary authorwww.irishtimes.com
I hope you're proud of yourself, egging this on.
Getting into Hyperion now, good stuff, wanna read more by Dan Simmons but I read somewhere that he's a bit of right wing nutPaused on the Lovecraft collection after Shadow Over Innsmouth to start on Hyperion by Dan Simmons. It’s very dry so far but I’m intrigued.
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