Finally someone who talks about books rather than the author's "queerness", "blackness" or political views. Just give me a good book to read! I'm not interested in the author's baggage.
Hmm, commenting on Heidi Stevens' article you referenced about a mom who wanted Beloved removed from her son's school library 🙄 (love those people) because it gave him nightmares. I haven't read Beloved, nor have I read this article by Stevens, but I will just say two things. Heidi Stevens knows what's what. I'm a HUGE fan, and, secondly, Lord of the Rings gave me nightmares when I read it as a teenager. My mom even suggested that I should stop reading it. It is one of my favorite books in life, and I've read it multiple times through the years. Just saying. Also, I think books should be reviewed by a range of readers/reviewers, not handed to Reviewer X because Reviewer X "has so much in common with the author."
Finally someone who talks about books rather than the author's "queerness", "blackness" or political views. Just give me a good book to read! I'm not interested in the author's baggage.
Thanks for adding a word to my vocabulary today! I had to google "enmity".
Be as cranky as you like. It’s always interesting to get an actual point of view.
I hope you were recruited to review Jason Diamond’s Searching for John Hughes back in 2016.
If shared experience doesn't necessarily qualify someone to write a book review than what does?
Hmm, commenting on Heidi Stevens' article you referenced about a mom who wanted Beloved removed from her son's school library 🙄 (love those people) because it gave him nightmares. I haven't read Beloved, nor have I read this article by Stevens, but I will just say two things. Heidi Stevens knows what's what. I'm a HUGE fan, and, secondly, Lord of the Rings gave me nightmares when I read it as a teenager. My mom even suggested that I should stop reading it. It is one of my favorite books in life, and I've read it multiple times through the years. Just saying. Also, I think books should be reviewed by a range of readers/reviewers, not handed to Reviewer X because Reviewer X "has so much in common with the author."