Reviews and Comments

Interesting collection of short stories, focusing on Hong Kong before and during the Chinese revolution. My favourite parts of the book was seeing snippets of conservative family values and patriarchy presented from the perspective of upper class, and occasionally working class perspectives. Generally love stories or settling for less stories, some featuring incel like protagonists, others romance.

My favourite story was called sealed off which tells snippets of stories from a bunch of bus riders in the city during rush hour and a romance inspired by a traffic jam.

Definitely I imagine her writings have more depth and meaning to people who live in Hong Kong or the Diaspora, but as an outsider I found it an interesting read.

Enjoyed the book. Would recommend to anyone whose interested in anarchism and has previous knowledge of black liberation writings as this is a good intro to anarchism through a black liberation lens.

Second book in the African trilogy, this story of the disillusioned christian grandchild of the protagonist from Things Fall Apart.

The central story kept my attention but I found the settings, with colonial governments, independence, and corruption between old guard British administrators and newer Nigerian functionaries most interesting. The story centers around this man's life as a government functionary who struggles between family, community, relationship, and individual desires for money and influence and power.

Check it out if you're curious.

Quick review. Really loved the first book and was happy to reconnect with the characters and hear what happens to them but this felt like it was enjoyable for wrapping up a story but didn't hit the same as the first book. I think sowers stands out as the strongest book in the series.

Enjoyed reading this, went in blind to the story and listened to it as an audiobook for a long solo car drive. Very dark apocalyptic read and gave me posited a slow collapse along with the world and economies that could accompany that.

Interesting read. Pretty short read, I wish there was more world building to the book. Sci-fi vibe exploring anti-black violence in America.

Fantastic collection of poetry. Did a fun collective reading of these poems and discussed them and there is alot there for reflection and appreciation.

truly loved the poem set in the Louvre and the final poem in this collection. Highly recommended. More theory ideas, less emotions FYI before you start.