alicedroni's Reviews (74)

Incredible breakdown of the colonization of Palestine. Super readable, breaks everything down argument by argument. An easy entry point if you dont know much and still very useful if you know a bit already.

not gonna lie, i kind of hated the whole first half, but that's mostly because i'm tired of the "I don't know what asexuality and aromanticism are" troupe, since all material related to aro/ace is intro level

but part 4 omg love. The way friendship is depicted is so cute and relatable and goals. 

I really enjoyed this book, it put a lot of the things I've been thinking about my own neighborhoods into words with examples and first hand accounts. I wish there had been a bit more focus on how to combat gentrification (2 chapters out of 9), but i suppose part of the issue is that there haven't been that many successful actions to stop it (though the accounts she did list were really inspiring).

Fun read to compare tactics from then and now. A lot of the things happening then are still happening now and it's cool to see exactly how tactics have shifted over the years especially during an era of right wing resurgence.

Love the concepts and the overall arguments. My one complaint is that there are so many references and footnotes talking about other essays and books i feel like either I should've done homework to prepare for this book or I have a hell of a lot of reading to do now that I'm done.

The author has a pretty academic tone through the whole thing, which can make some of the points feel quite distant in some parts but for the most part I related to everything she was saying. 

I want to rate this higher because his story of coming out is important and all the stuff he's dealt with is heart wrenching, but it felt quite disjointed as a narrative.

He jumps around a lot making it hard to keep track of which events happened in what order. The tone shifts wildly between traumatized, then insanely horny, then good experience right after, all while Elliot reads in a somewhat dissociated tone. Also I heard at least 3 errors in the audio book where lines were repeated.