The amount of times I would read a paragraph and think “if this was written today, it would still be true” was to damn high. Especially the entire last chapter.
The amount of times I would read a paragraph and think “if this was written today, it would still be true” was to damn high. Especially the entire last chapter.
I’m still re-reading it. It can be a bit frustrating to realize how not radical Loewen was given how much Lies helped push me left.
omg yes, I’m vibing along with him ripping the crimes of the Amerikkkan empire and then he switches gears and it’s jarring
Oh, so much. I’m really thinking about putting it aside for a while. I’ve got such better things I could be reading, but I wanted a refresher to better combat some of the crap happening in Florida right now. But he’s making it very hard to motivate myself to keep picking it up.
Since you’ve probably got John Brown fresh in your mind, I recommend checking out Fire on the Mountain by Terry Bisson, it’s an alt history novel where John Brown succeeds.