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Less than an hour to read, half a day crying afterwards. Congratulations and thank you, Noelle Stevenson.

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The introduction is long. Very long. The format is probably more adapted to Christian readers, and those who don't know worship will have to be patient and wait for the meatier sections. Once we get there, though, the book has loads of valuable stories and insights to make us understand what's wrong, and immediately after, Doctor Dyson starts listing ways we can help. The main one I wrote down was to keep an IRA, Individual Reparations Account - give a percentage of my monthly salary to people of colour to support them, pay service providers a bit more than I'd have paid someone who has their marketing work cut out for them, support kids who need help for holidays or for getting into college, and hiring black people if I can, rather than white people I know. Overall a great read that I'd highly recommend to people who are not put off by its sermon-wise format.

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The last time I've loved a similar book series so much was Percy Jackson, and that was almost 10 years ago. Akata Witch is well-written, funny and dark when needed. Action scenes are scarce, and well-written; things focus on tradition and on carefully-crafted actions, which I love. 

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A great guide to most of the arguments against modern Western feminism and what to answer to each of them, with loads of academic sources and concrete numbers to support the reflection.

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