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First half was a good re-intro to geometry. The second half won't make sense if you haven't taken geometry in a while.
I guess the first half counts as "a very short introduction" lol.
Having long indulged himself in daydreams more exciting than his mundane life as a carpet …
This should be a 4-star. I liked the characters, I liked the adventure, I liked the writing. But it was just so awkwardly Orientalist. White British lady writing this was...
Fascinating method and ethnography.
Another book where the author is only radical re: one very specific topic. How about public pleasure AGAINST class???
Vroom vroom b-word
I am now very proud of my "Anbernic" brand bootleg gameboy. It is an art object!
"Don't shoot; I'm a white man."
I hate that ERB is fairly successful at writing (bad) adventure novels because his racism ruins it every time! Like, this could have just been a story about a guy finding an island lost in time, but no it is evident that ERB seriously thought Polynesians were savages jfc!!!
So it's like 1.5 stars but no this book is not "okay."
At a time when the number of Dragonriders has fallen too low for safety and …
Okay I liked this book, it's alright science fantasy, heavy on the fantasy...
But god the relationship between the main characters is awful and doesn't even really matter to the story. The story isn't improved in anyway by its marginal inclusion, it's just baffling. Why why why it's so gross
This book is odd to me because this series is usually so rigorous—this book doesn't even have references! I can understand many criticisms of Common Core but this is written by (and for) the aggrieved parent-activist, not the professor of political theory.
I should have just read some John Dewey lol