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La communauté des esprits by Philip Pullman
This feels like bad His Dark Materials fanfiction and I'm sad.
Face à la menace fasciste by Ugo Palheta, Ludivine Bantigny
informative
fast-paced
Ok, très bonne description de la menace fasciste. Mais comme ça disait "face à la menace fasciste", naïf comme je suis, je pensais que ça allait au moins mentionner des pistes de ce qu'on peut faire contre. C'est presque esquissé dans les 3 dernières pages mais juste pour nous dire que ce qu'on fait ne sert à rien.
Lecture passablement frustrante, donc.
Lecture passablement frustrante, donc.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism and Police brutality
L'Insoutenable légèreté de l'être by Milan Kundera
C'est un gros bouquin chiant et triste avec des gens chiants et tristes qui baisent de façon chiante et triste et de temps en temps y'a une page avec des trucs marrants.
Le sport féminin - Le sport, dernier bastion du sexisme? by Fabienne Broucaret
Extrêmement française, cette section sur le port du voile…
Le reste était bien.
Le reste était bien.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexism
Moderate: Sexual assault, Islamophobia, and Sexual harassment
Le Grand Abandon by Cory Doctorow
Did not finish book. Stopped at 26%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 26%.
I really wanted to like this, because I really like Cory Doctorow's nonfiction thoughts on his blog.
But this was confusing and slow and horny and not for me.
I'll try again with another book.
But this was confusing and slow and horny and not for me.
I'll try again with another book.
La Maison aux livres by Enis Batur
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
i am confused but I had a good time
Islam and Anarchism by Mohamed Abdou
Did not finish book. Stopped at 3%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 3%.
Probably great but I got very overwhelmed by the academic level of the book
Championnes !: 90 sportives exceptionnelles by Cécile Grès, Laurie Delhostal
Did not finish book. Stopped at 20%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 20%.
J'étais tout content d'avoir trouvé un bouquin pour sourcer des biographies de sportives sur Wikipédia. Ensuite, j'étais un peu étonné de voir que les infos étaient souvent déjà présentes sur Wikipédia et que le bouquin n'aidait qu'à les sourcer, pas à en ajouter. Et puis dans la page de Charlotte Cooper, j'ai retrouvé une phrase copiée à l'identique depuis Wikipédia.
Je suppose qu'au moins notre travail sert à quelque chose. C'est quand même dommage de ne pas citer ses sources.
Je suppose qu'au moins notre travail sert à quelque chose. C'est quand même dommage de ne pas citer ses sources.
Last Night at the Hollywood Canteen by Sarah James
Now − I've read a few queer crime novels recently, so clearly there's more and more going on, between A Calculated Risk and Where the dead sleep.
Last night at the Hollywood canteen is less of a thriller, although it's very far from a cozy mystery. It doesn't focus on the crime quite this much, adding a depth of character which is rare for this kind of novel. Also, it's nice to not have the narrator be a (former) cop: she's just a normal crazy ex-girlfriend, moving across the country to spite her famous exes and possibly vaguely stalk them, making friends with absolutely vile socialites, and immediately getting accused of murder while abusing the pills that her employer gives her to make her more productive. Very normal and relatable stuff here.
This novel took me out of a reading slump and I'm very grateful for that. It is definitely one of the best thrillers I've read in the past years, and I recommend it to people who want to read more polyamorous fiction that's not about being poly, more queer fiction, or more crime novels.
A polyamorous, bisexual murder mystery set in 1940s, pre-Singin' in the Rain Hollywood?
Do I need to say more?
Here is my original draft for this review:
do you know how rare lgbt thriller mysteries are? do you????
Now − I've read a few queer crime novels recently, so clearly there's more and more going on, between A Calculated Risk and Where the dead sleep.
Last night at the Hollywood canteen is less of a thriller, although it's very far from a cozy mystery. It doesn't focus on the crime quite this much, adding a depth of character which is rare for this kind of novel. Also, it's nice to not have the narrator be a (former) cop: she's just a normal crazy ex-girlfriend, moving across the country to spite her famous exes and possibly vaguely stalk them, making friends with absolutely vile socialites, and immediately getting accused of murder while abusing the pills that her employer gives her to make her more productive. Very normal and relatable stuff here.
This novel took me out of a reading slump and I'm very grateful for that. It is definitely one of the best thrillers I've read in the past years, and I recommend it to people who want to read more polyamorous fiction that's not about being poly, more queer fiction, or more crime novels.