Skillfully melds the fear of living in an oppressive dystopia with the melancholy of the loss of memories and, first, the objects they're tied to. Tends towards feeling pretty dark, leavened only by the obvious love between the main characters.
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pdotb started reading The Classics of Marxism: Volume Two by Vladimir Ilich Lenin
The Classics of Marxism: Volume Two by Vladimir Ilich Lenin, Karl Marx, Frederick Engels, and 1 other
Following the great success of the first volume of the Classics of Marxism, a second volume is now published with …
pdotb started reading Marxism and Transgender Liberation by Red Fightback
pdotb started reading Britain in Fragments by Satnam Virdee
pdotb finished reading Contemporary Gothic by Catherine Spooner
Contemporary Gothic by Catherine Spooner
Modern Gothic culture alternately fascinates, horrifies, or bewilders many of us. We cringe at pictures of Marilyn Manson, cheer for …
pdotb started reading The Old Goat and the Alien by Veo Corva
The Old Goat and the Alien by Veo Corva
Avari keeps to themself. They're a goat-shape cosmoran, a member of the Cleaners' Union, and a bit of a grump. …
pdotb finished reading The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa
The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa, Stephen Snyder, 小川洋子
**2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST
A haunting Orwellian novel about the terrors of state surveillance, from the acclaimed author of …
pdotb reviewed The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa
reading tea quoted The Old Goat and the Alien by Veo Corva
’Have you ever played Monopoly?‘ ’No?‘ ’It's this ancient human game where everyone is cruel to each other for material gain and then they all get angry at each other. I can't work out wether it's satirical or not.‘
pdotb started reading Contemporary Gothic by Catherine Spooner
Contemporary Gothic by Catherine Spooner
Modern Gothic culture alternately fascinates, horrifies, or bewilders many of us. We cringe at pictures of Marilyn Manson, cheer for …
pdotb finished reading You Have to Say Something by Dainin Katagiri
pdotb started reading The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa
The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa, Stephen Snyder, 小川洋子
**2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST
A haunting Orwellian novel about the terrors of state surveillance, from the acclaimed author of …