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bookshelves: authors-of-color, diverse, literary-fiction, non-ya, owned, 3-and-a-half-stars, recommend, project-aapi-22, reviewed
Feb 08, 2022
bookshelves: authors-of-color, diverse, literary-fiction, non-ya, owned, 3-and-a-half-stars, recommend, project-aapi-22, reviewed
Satire makes you smarter.
At least, I'm hoping it does. My brain felt like a balloon immediately after finishing this, so either I had recently become a brilliant scholar on par with Einstein or Hawking or the person who invented the deep-fried Oreo, or I was having a minor medical emergency.
I appear to be unaffected entirely now, so. Could've been either.
400+ pages of satire is a lot to get through, and never exactly a beach read in terms of fluffiness / immediate gratification / ease of experience. But this was a smart and all-encompassing one that managed to cover approximately 11 different yet related social issues and do it wisely, so 400 pages it is!
This was also similar in themes to Days of Distraction, a novel I read earlier this year as part of my Cannot Tell How I Feel About Books With Perfect Endings phenomenon, and that book is not a satire. And also I liked it a little bit more.
I don't know why that's relevant. I guess if you thought this was interesting but also think your brain deserves a small break from time to time?
I'm describing myself.
This is one of the weird reviews, huh.
Bottom line: A very impressive work that is also the kind of satire that isn't really funny ha-ha! (My preferred kind of funny.)
(This is not a criticism.)
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title is my resting state
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reading books by asian authors for aapi month!
book 1: kim jiyoung, born 1982
book 2: siren queen
book 3: the heart principle
book 4: n.p.
book 5: the hole
book 6: set on you
book 7: disorientation
At least, I'm hoping it does. My brain felt like a balloon immediately after finishing this, so either I had recently become a brilliant scholar on par with Einstein or Hawking or the person who invented the deep-fried Oreo, or I was having a minor medical emergency.
I appear to be unaffected entirely now, so. Could've been either.
400+ pages of satire is a lot to get through, and never exactly a beach read in terms of fluffiness / immediate gratification / ease of experience. But this was a smart and all-encompassing one that managed to cover approximately 11 different yet related social issues and do it wisely, so 400 pages it is!
This was also similar in themes to Days of Distraction, a novel I read earlier this year as part of my Cannot Tell How I Feel About Books With Perfect Endings phenomenon, and that book is not a satire. And also I liked it a little bit more.
I don't know why that's relevant. I guess if you thought this was interesting but also think your brain deserves a small break from time to time?
I'm describing myself.
This is one of the weird reviews, huh.
Bottom line: A very impressive work that is also the kind of satire that isn't really funny ha-ha! (My preferred kind of funny.)
(This is not a criticism.)
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currently-reading updates
title is my resting state
------------
reading books by asian authors for aapi month!
book 1: kim jiyoung, born 1982
book 2: siren queen
book 3: the heart principle
book 4: n.p.
book 5: the hole
book 6: set on you
book 7: disorientation
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May 04, 2022 06:11PM
Snagged this at a buy one get one free at my local bookstore simply because I loved the cover
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Emma wrote: "Snagged this at a buy one get one free at my local bookstore simply because I loved the cover"a buy one get one??? that's like free money
They were ARCs, can’t legally be sold and the bookstore was dying to get rid of them lol
Emma wrote: "They were ARCs, can’t legally be sold and the bookstore was dying to get rid of them lol"lmao so fair
Adding to this comment thread simply because I am an Emma
