Next month's book club program
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She/Her. 20s. Trying to get back into reading after falling off when I was younger. I think I like queer romance, manga (mostly seinen and yuri) and SF/F, as well as some non-fiction about topics close to my heart like dance music, videogames, drugs and computers. My main fedi is currently @throatmuppet@xyzzy.link.
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Elise wants to read Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse (Between Earth and Sky, #1)
Elise wants to read From here to eternity by Caitlin Doughty
Elise wants to read The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw
Elise wants to read Bloom by Delilah S. Dawson
Elise wants to read My Government Means to Kill Me by Rasheed Newson
My Government Means to Kill Me by Rasheed Newson
A fierce and riveting queer coming-of-age story following the personal and political awakening of a young gay Black man in …
Elise wants to read Princess of the Pomegranate Moon by Emily Wynne
Elise commented on Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle
Elise reviewed The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa
Moody, Evocative
4 stars
It wasn't for me, but I'm still glad I read it. Ogawa's greyscale, slowly grinding dystopia gives the mind's eye a view of a world where epistemic injustice is extremely unsubtle, and still the people oppressed are unable to give voice to this, in fact directly because of it. The mechanics of the world don't quite make sense -maybe something lost in translation- but once you move past the small things that you think need answers and look at the bigger picture, things begin to take shape. Interesting questions about the setting and happenings of the narrative are left unanswered intentionally, and left as exercises to the reader. I was reminded throughout my reading of Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko- that being a 90s reaction to climate change and this a piece of dystopic literature, but the comparison seems apt to me because of the slow creep of impending doom. The eponymous …
It wasn't for me, but I'm still glad I read it. Ogawa's greyscale, slowly grinding dystopia gives the mind's eye a view of a world where epistemic injustice is extremely unsubtle, and still the people oppressed are unable to give voice to this, in fact directly because of it. The mechanics of the world don't quite make sense -maybe something lost in translation- but once you move past the small things that you think need answers and look at the bigger picture, things begin to take shape. Interesting questions about the setting and happenings of the narrative are left unanswered intentionally, and left as exercises to the reader. I was reminded throughout my reading of Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko- that being a 90s reaction to climate change and this a piece of dystopic literature, but the comparison seems apt to me because of the slow creep of impending doom. The eponymous Memory Police almost seem more like a force of nature run amok than anything human. A great book club read that generates lots of discussion regardless of whether you like it or not. I don't think I'll be returning to it, though.