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jesthemess's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
slow-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia
Moderate: Murder, Torture, Misogyny, War, Fire/Fire injury, and Pedophilia
Minor: Child death
quinnyquinnquinn's review against another edition
4.0
very dense and detailed but super informative and meticulous, definitely not light reading
I didn't necessarily enjoy reading this but it did what it set out to do, it's a very good repository of knowledge and sources and a good jumping off point for research with lots of references to important primary sources
pretty eurocentric (which is semi-forgivable since the author is drawing from written works and records he can access directly or through translations) but there are good chapters on China and Japan
I didn't necessarily enjoy reading this but it did what it set out to do, it's a very good repository of knowledge and sources and a good jumping off point for research with lots of references to important primary sources
pretty eurocentric (which is semi-forgivable since the author is drawing from written works and records he can access directly or through translations) but there are good chapters on China and Japan
spacestationtrustfund's review against another edition
3.0
While there are a scattered handful of historical inaccuracies, this book is overall an excellent (and exhaustive) primer on, well, homosexuality throughout history.
brynhammond's review
5.0
The most exhaustive history out, and I think excellent.
If you're upset by hideous tortures, beware: the tale gets bloody in Inquisition times.
If you're upset by hideous tortures, beware: the tale gets bloody in Inquisition times.
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