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The Witches Are Coming by Lindy West
4.0
funny informative medium-paced

West's writing is quippy, sharp & intelligent. She states her opinions clearly with good supporting information and makes the topics themselves very accessible. Those who already share a majority of her viewpoints will most likely be highly entertained. However, she is somewhat heavy-handed in her approach. This reduces her accessibility overall and makes it less likely for her to attract a wide range of readers.

I found her to be very funny and smart. She has a lot of good critical thinking realizations that I honestly had never considered. She is easy to listen to and understand and made talking about boring political topics quite enjoyable. I will admit that she and I see eye-to-eye a lot on our opinions (though not 100%), so I was much more in the "agreeable" camp. Had I not shared the same opinions to a major degree, I may have ended up placing this book in a DNF pile simply due to her aggressive (though highly effective) approach to the topics.