reading account of @unsuspicious@anarchism.space
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Numero Zero (Italian: Numero zero) is the seventh novel by Italian author and philosopher Umberto Eco and his final novel …
Crime and Punishment (pre-reform Russian: Преступленіе и наказаніе; post-reform Russian: Преступление и наказание, tr. Prestupléniye …
ughh. I couldn't care less about the characters and the plot
"Novel by Jean Rhys, published in 1966. A well-received work of fiction, it takes its theme from the novel Jane …
The Bell Jar chronicles the breakdown of the brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful Esther …
holy shit this is so depressing I need a break. I can so easily imagine myself in Esther's place. If career paths (or basically any path in life except marrying and having kids) had been as closed for me as it was for women in the 50s, and if treatment of mental health issues would still be as bad, I think I would have ended up like her.
The Bell Jar chronicles the breakdown of the brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful Esther …
oof this is kind of depressing but also I really dig listening to Esther's internal monologue, it's similar to my own
Die Natur spielt nicht nur in Jasmin Schreibers Romanen eine große Rolle, sondern ist für die studierte Biologin eine Herzensangelegenheit. …
In Her Body and Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado blithely demolishes the arbitrary borders …
I'm not a fan of short stories, but these were so well written that it was enough for me to finish the book. Most of the stories are very dark and scary. As far as I can remember all of them are magical realism from the pov of lesbian women, and mostly they revolve around sexism, sex, physical and mental illnesses. I skipped one of them though ("Especially Heinous" since I don't know the Law&Order series and figured the story would make not much sense to me). I really liked "The Husband Stitch" (omg it made me angry enough to kill), "Inventory" and "The Resident".
From USA Today bestselling author T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge is the tale of a kind-hearted, toad-shaped …
by far not worth your time. very predictable romance, nothing witty or funny about it. worst book by t. kingfisher I've come across so far.
Achilles, "the best of all the Greeks," son of the cruel sea goddess Thetis and the legendary king Peleus, is …
In Her Body and Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado blithely demolishes the arbitrary borders …
the first story "The Husband Stitch" (in case you google this - - cw genital mutilation) made me extremely angry about patriarchy
My Seditious Heart collects the work of a two-decade period when Arundhati Roy devoted herself …
nicely written and interesting, but too long for now
Just days after Raynor learns that Moth, her husband of 32 years, is terminally ill, their home is taken away …
Examines how (sometimes quasi-) authoritarian high-modernist planning fails to deliver the goods, be they increased …
Had to give it back to the library - I only managed to read 18 pages in 3 months! Maybe another time.... but this one really feels like work
![City Of Illusions (Hainish Series) [UNABRIDGED] (AudiobookFormat, 2005, Audio Literature)](/images/covers/4934f5fb-e3a2-4222-a870-fbb9f8495292.jpg)
I love this for the mysticism (they have a glass bead game!), the poetic descriptions of nature and the questioning of the Self. I think it was such a realistic portrayal of the main character's mind, at least I really got into it.
What I didn't notice when reading it for the first time were misogynistic and transmisic undertones :F it didn't spoil the book completely for me, but it's the reason this isn't 5 stars for me. might well ruin it for others.
also, if you're into plot-driven stories, don't pick this up.
Examines how (sometimes quasi-) authoritarian high-modernist planning fails to deliver the goods, be they increased …
finally getting around to reading this