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Don’t read this, no matter what your mom says! (spoilers and babbling ahead!)

Vox by Christina Dalcher

October 26, 2021 by Bothari43 5 Comments

To be clear, I can’t think of any time I would have enjoyed reading this book. But right now, with so many dumpster fires working together to start a worldwide conflagration, it was especially maddening. When a family friend (backed up by my mother, who had also read it) passed this book on with an evilly gleeful “you’re going to hate this, but it will make a fun review!”, I knew I was in for some misogynistic nonsense. And I definitely got that, but it […]

Filed Under: Horror Tagged With: Christina Dalcher, dystopian nightmare, now I'm depressed, too close for comfort, why are men

Bothari43's CBR13 Review No:26 · Genres: Horror · Tags: Christina Dalcher, dystopian nightmare, now I'm depressed, too close for comfort, why are men ·
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War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength.

January 11, 2017 by Ellesfena 6 Comments

Without You, There is No Us ranks right up there with the scariest books I’ve ever read. Suki Kim, a South Korean-American journalist, takes a job at a university in North Korea. The school is run by Christian missionaries hoping to crack into the “evangelical Christian Holy Grail. . .converting [North Korean] people would guarantee the missionaries a spot in heaven.” Suki’s not actually a missionary–she’s there to write an expose on North Korean culture. The result is Without You, There is No Us, a […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: big brother, dear leader, dystopian nightmare, North Korea, suki kim

Ellesfena's CBR9 Review No:3 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: big brother, dear leader, dystopian nightmare, North Korea, suki kim ·
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