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Leaving_Marx

Leaving_Marx@wyrmsign.org

Joined 2 years ago

Printer, anarchist, illustrator, & enthusiast of the printed word.

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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I want everyone to read it and think of it often ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great book, fun, and uncomplicated ⭐⭐⭐ Good, feel complicated about if I wasted my time ⭐⭐+⬇️ I hate read this

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2024 Reading Goal

86% complete! Leaving_Marx has read 26 of 30 books.

Rasheed Newson: My Government Means to Kill Me (2022, Flatiron Books) 3 stars

A fierce and riveting queer coming-of-age story following the personal and political awakening of a …

This was a love hate read

3 stars

I really liked this book when it started out. A historical fiction looking at new York during the aids crisis from the perspective of a young gay black kids. It had a ney York specific star studded cast with significant enemies and hero's of the gay and civil rights movements and Republicans represented. I loved the world building and the significant cruising spots, bath houses and gay/fetish clubs name dropped in it.

But there was so many downsides I often encounter with literature from a pretty left of center perspective on grassroots politics. There was icon and quotable lines, and a strong beginning third of the book but as they tried to represent struggle, non violence, political struggle and the gay agenda it really fell apart for me and had me almost hate reading until the end.

I wish I could rate this a 4 star and a 1 star …