Thanks to Hachette Books for the free advance copy of this book. 

✨MINI REVIEW✨ 

New York Times opinion writer and bestselling author Lindy West was once the in-house movie critic for Seattle's alternative newsweekly The Stranger, where she covered film with brutal honesty and giddy irreverence. In Shit, Actually, Lindy West returns to those roots, re-examining beloved and iconic movies from the past 40 years. (via Goodreads) 📚

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Things I liked:

📚 I haven't thought about some of these movies in a long time and it was fun to revisit them as an adult with critical thinking skills

📚 This book is great for getting out of your brain for 20 minutes at a time as you read each essay

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Things I didn't like:

📚 Not a ton of new insights about many of the movies

📚 The essays about movies I hadn't seen were kind of hard to follow

📚 I hope there are some additional notes or something around the Harry Potter essay by the time this publishes

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Content warnings: mentions of COVID-19 and Harry Potter, all the various examples of misogyny, racism, etc. in movies from 10-30 years ago.