Not great. Very 'old man yells at cloud' without the old man, or the cloud. I like the premise and the idea of ritual having been subsumed by technology and gratification... but there's some stuff in here that just strikes me as wrong-headed and poorly articulated.
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needlessmustard reviewed Disappearance of Rituals by Byung-Chul Han
needlessmustard finished reading Disappearance of Rituals by Byung-Chul Han
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needlessmustard finished reading Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb, #3)
Still not sure how I feel about this one. I like the format, but I really want to know what's happening /in between/ the books. Playing catch-up does make me think about the story more, but I tend to engage with my own meta-narrative and then have to re-think things when more information comes along to incorrect me.
needlessmustard finished reading 10 Anarchist Theses on Palestine Solidarity in the United States by Anonymous
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needlessmustard finished reading Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb, #2)
needlessmustard finished reading Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb, #1)

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb, #1)
Tamsyn Muir’s Gideon the Ninth unveils a solar system of swordplay, cut-throat politics, and lesbian necromancers. Her characters leap off …
needlessmustard reviewed Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb, #1)
Decent YA Fantasy
4 stars
If you want to sit back and relax with lesbian space necromancers this is for you! Queer characters not done as a trope or a spectacle. The book might be a bit gory for some because you know... necromancers. But it's otherwise not so spicy that people raise their eyebrows if you read it in public.
needlessmustard started reading Terry Pratchett : a Life with Footnotes by Rob Wilkins

Terry Pratchett : a Life with Footnotes by Rob Wilkins
'People think that stories are shaped by people. In fact, it's the other way around.'
At the time of his …