5.0

This book, while perhaps theoretically lacking in some ways (Thrush could have been more rigorous in his use of settler colonialism as a lens,) was very, very readable, and really did a great job of exploring London as a site of spectacle for both English people and Indigenous people. Single chapters would work really, really well in an undergraduate course, and the stories that Thrush tells in his book are really a gift. I really enjoyed this book a lot as a reader, though obviously there are critiques to be made, and I really recommend it to people who are looking for easy-to-read good Indigenous history.