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Reading on Wheels
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You’re telling me I’m 11 hours in and THIS is when the plot starts?
— Sep 09, 2023 04:56PM
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Reading on Wheels
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wtf is going on. She had an idea and now she’s lost it 😭
— Sep 13, 2023 03:01PM
Reading on Wheels
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I fell asleep for ten minutes while listening to this 🫡
my b yall
— Sep 13, 2023 01:09PM
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Reading on Wheels
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My audiobook??? just lost??? my place??? I know for damn sure i’m past four percent
— Sep 08, 2023 05:47PM
Reading on Wheels
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i love that we don’t know his real name. It’s such a good use of that literary device to emphasize the cruelty of whitewashing/being stripped of identity
— Sep 05, 2023 04:00PM
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Sep 10, 2023 05:39AM
I'm curious what you'll make of this one 🙈
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@Jassmine it’s rlly good so far! Just the length and the fact that nothing rlly happened for the first half is kinda weird
I'm glad you enjoyed it! I really wasn't happy how this book handled things 🙈
@Jassmine I agree. Like it held good conversations (anti colonialism and capitalism) but it forgot what it was trying to do w the characters and fully fumbled. Plus the beginning was all filler like hello
Yeah, there were bits that I really liked (like the thing you pointed out earlier - we never learn Robin's name), but then there were other places that completely lacked nuance and... and also yes, so much filler and repeated sentiments instead of exploring things further. I really wanted to love this, but I ended up annoyed *sigh*
@Jassmine yess 100% like i liked it but i’m still heavily critical of it esp cuz it’s one of the most popular and accessible anti capitalism books
Yeah, I think I would like it much better if it wasn't so hyped, like this book is exactly my niche category so I was REALLY excited for it, which... yeah, not great place to start for any book...
exactly! I’m the same. Like yes we need more of this but considering the lack of representation subpar is not where we need to start
