michaelgreenreads's reviews
406 reviews

 The concert soprano’s death at the hands of her own fabricant…. beautifully executed (🔪) I hope this series continues! I am one of like the 10 fans of this series lol. 🥺♥️ 

 I did not know this was the plot??? I don’t know why I had a generic Marvel story in mind for this superhero manga, but this is more interesting than I expected.  Just neat! 

GOD. Great novel on cultural appropriation, loneliness, literary social media, and the vampire nature of fiction! Kuang captures the emotionally detached, defensive-aggressive attitude that is huge on among white professionals, especially among white writers and journalists on twitter.

Very tender poetry. Love any combination of poet who adores poetry, astronomy, science, and pop music. 

 No one writes about elk and slashers like Stephen Graham Jones. Some of the body horror in this book had me gasping!!!! (Dangling eyes!?!? Why!!! 😩!?!?) Letha, reborn as a slasher believer, stole the spotlight in this second book for me. 

 Omg Tay and I loved the Hunter Exam at the start of the pandemic. Still a thrill. Leorio holding the guy over the edge(!!!) 

 GOD. This is romance. I am enamored with Nana #1 blaming her life on The Demon Lord. Nana #2 and Ren in the tub. Simply divine. Nice heartbreak. Easy to see why it is popular. 

 Heartbreaking and heartwarming all in one go! Sure, there are zombies, but this is about dismantling an abusive boss. 👊 

 There is an emotional earnestness to this series that I love despite how much zombie content I have consumed in my life. The zombie shark. Good god. 

I NEED more nonfiction books written by poet-scholars, the writing is amazing. The politics of commemoration are so fascinating!!! I took an entire class on it in university. But even so the chapter on the Angola Prison tour in this book is UNREAL. Just such a fascinating exploration of the ways white people hide from the truth. 

 

The chapter on Blandford Confederate Cemetery is such a fascinating case of cognitive dissonance, lol. I love Clint Smith’s thoughtful breakdown of true history. AND WOW - loved the chapter that made me reconsider the Statue of Liberty and its original abolitionist design.