Gender Violence in Peace and War: States of Complicity
Victoria Sanford, Katerina Stefatos and Cecilia M. Salvi
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Reports from war zones often note the obscene victimization of women, who are frequently raped,...
Modernity's Ear: Listening to Race and Gender in World Music
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Inside the global music industry and the racialized and gendered assumptions we make about what we...
Are Racists Crazy?: How Prejudice, Racism, and Antisemitism Became Markers of Insanity
James M. Thomas and Sander L. Gilman
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The connection and science behind race, racism, and mental illness In 2012, an interdisciplinary...
A Cultural History of Animals and Their Meat: Live, Die, Buy, Eat
Karen Lykke Syse and Kristian Bjorkdahl
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Live, Die, Buy, Eat. These four words both summarize the production of meat in the modern world, and...
Development Discourse and Global History: From Colonialism to the Sustainable Development Goals
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The manner in which people have been talking and writing about 'development' and the rules according...
Cori June (3033 KP) rated Destiny (Rogue Angel, #1) in Books
Jul 29, 2021
There was something about the use of passive voice or phrasing that pulled me out of the story. If it was obvious in its rudeness I usually rolled my eyes and moved on, it was the subtle stuff that had me going am I supposed to be reading it this way?
The fight scenes where well choreographed that's the best I can say about this book. That and the anthropology and archeology which can be a dangerous profession especially for women (as my teachers repeatedly told me with anecdotes). But sometimes when they talked about it, I felt like they (the author) was chasing rabbits.
I tried to like the main character, Annja, but she was too full of cliches that even though she was quippy it fell short. Like the author was trying too hard. And there was so much plot armor in actually put the book down during fight scenes because there wasn't a sense of danger.
I'm not continuing with the series and will be rehoming this book, either giving it away or selling to a used bookstore, so that someone who can appreciate it has a chance to find it.
Extinction and Evolution: What Fossils Reveal About the History of Life
Carl Zimmer and Niles Eldredge
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Extinction and Evolution recounts the work and discoveries of Niles Eldredge, one of the world's...
Ghost Wall
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In the north of England, far from the intrusions of cities but not far from civilization, Silvie and...
Literary Fiction Contemporary Trigger warning: Domestic Violence
Heart of Ice
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When a childhood friend turns into an obsession… The white skull, the black cape, the monstrous...
Dark Novella Paranormal Romance
Zibaldone: The Notebooks of Leopardi
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Giacomo Leopardi was the greatest Italian poet of the nineteenth century and was recognized by...