Second book syndrome exceptionally strong

“... I stockpile letters, all bloated with symbolic power, for they are the products of a history that isn't done with the discursive. With rebellion in mind, I aim them at a tomorrow free from the rhetorical trickery of colonizers everywhere.”

ugh chefs kiss

3.5 - you may be born into a family, but you walk into friendships

Motherhood under patriarchal capitalism is fucking bleak

Only took me a year to finish a non fiction book lol

Didnt enjoy this as much as the first book, but I'll continue with the series

Haven't cried this hard reading a book in a long time... if you were bullied in school this is a gut punch of a read, but in a good way?

Put me in a reading slump

The last 30% took a steep nosedive..

2.75? - Neat lil read

Dare I say a masterpiece?

3.75 - “I have spent my whole life doing I don't know what, but it hasn't made me happy”

Went on and on and on...

When I proposed a presentation on the gender based violence that man camps of extractive industries have on the local Indigenous women & two-spirited individuals, my professor at that time said the presentation was too “one sided” and “not all men”. Graham Forbes I hope you read this fucking book.

Kinda cute? Lol

4.25 - turns out i am capable of enjoying a romance novel