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Its Time for Me to Say Goodbye to Dahl

The Witches by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illustrator)

February 25, 2022 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

Roald Dahl was one of the authors who dominated my childhood reading which makes sense as he is one of the most celebrated children’s authors of the 20th century. I spent a lot of time deep in a few of his books, seeing bits of myself in his protagonists. But this is my goodbye to him. Dahl was an unrepentant bigot. He was profoundly anti-Semitic, perpetuating harmful tropes and falsehoods for years in his public statements and books. Dahl is also easily read as a […]

Filed Under: Children's Books Tagged With: anti-semitism, Award Winner, misogyny, read harder challenge, Roald Dahl, Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illustrator), the witches

faintingviolet's CBR14 Review No:22 · Genres: Children's Books · Tags: anti-semitism, Award Winner, misogyny, read harder challenge, Roald Dahl, Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illustrator), the witches ·
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Brave New World photo from miniseries

Brave New World. Meh.

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

October 21, 2021 by msvreadsbooks 2 Comments

I’ve been curious about this book for a long time. 1984 by George Orwell was one of my favorite books as an adolescent, and Brave New World is often mentioned in the same breath. So when I found a Brave New World mini-series, I thought I’d check it out.  The mini-series stars Jessica Brown Findlay (Lady Sybil from Downton Abbey), Harry Lloyd (Viserys Targaryen from GOT), and Alden Ehrenreich (Young Han Solo from Solo), and it tells the story of a “utopic” future London where […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: aldous huxley, Classism, dystopia, mini-series, misogyny, Racism, TV Show, utopia

msvreadsbooks's CBR13 Review No:46 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: aldous huxley, Classism, dystopia, mini-series, misogyny, Racism, TV Show, utopia ·
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Slow Burn

Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators by Ronan Farrow

April 5, 2020 by ASKReviews Leave a Comment

Best for: Anyone who enjoys quality journalism, excellent writing, and people in power starting to be held accountable. In a nutshell: Journalist Farrow starts investigating Harvey Weinstein and uncovers not just confirmation of his predation, but the people in power who repeatedly covered up his crimes — and the crimes of others. Worth quoting: “Later, employee after employee would tell me the human resources office at the company was a sham, a place where complaints went to die.” Why I chose it: Given all that […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: crime, misogyny, Ronan Farrow

ASKReviews's CBR12 Review No:11 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: crime, misogyny, Ronan Farrow ·
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This book almost killed me. Literally.

Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story by Chuck Klosterman

March 23, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos 10 Comments

So, the book itself didn’t actually almost kill me- as much as it tried to do- but I just finished this audio book while driving home from work (yay essential workforce) on a highway that was not, in the slightest, plowed. I have been a New Englander my entire life. I like driving in the snow. I am confident, competent, and careful. This was the worst drive I have ever had- no hyperbole. A tractor trailer blew by me (only one lane, mind you) and […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: chuck klosterman, dead musicians, Death, gross, mansplaining, misogyny, self-importance, snobbery, white privilege

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:27 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: chuck klosterman, dead musicians, Death, gross, mansplaining, misogyny, self-importance, snobbery, white privilege ·
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(bad “Electric Feel” joke)

The Power by Naomi Alderman

October 4, 2019 by alwaysanswerb 1 Comment

The Power is horrifying in a lot of ways, one of which is how parts of it are also rather cathartic, which it shouldn’t be on the whole. If that opening sentence sounded a little confused and contradictory, that’s because it reflects my feelings about the thing. On the one hand, it’s about women getting to win, but on the other hand, the violence and abuses of power by men and women make it hard to feel good about anything, because it comes off as […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: Dystopian, female author, misandry, misogyny, naomi alderman, Speculative Fiction

alwaysanswerb's CBR11 Review No:20 · Genres: Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: Dystopian, female author, misandry, misogyny, naomi alderman, Speculative Fiction ·
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Your voice isn’t the only thing they can take away

Vox by Christina Dalcher

April 29, 2019 by kfishgirl 1 Comment

So this book took me a while to read.  It was an audiobook, so I usually listened to it after dinner while taking my dog for a walk.  It took a while because it was almost painful to read.  It’s set in a dystopian future where all women have a bracelet with a word counter on their arms.  They’re only allowed 100 words per day.  If they go over their count, they get burned.  Literally. We get dropped into a family with one daughter and […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: Christina Dalcher, misogyny, silence, Women's rights

kfishgirl's CBR11 Review No:11 · Genres: Fiction, Suspense · Tags: Christina Dalcher, misogyny, silence, Women's rights ·
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