murrderdith's reviews
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Temporary by Hilary Leichter

4.0

Child of God by Cormac McCarthy

3.5

He was really going through something with this one.

Western Lane by Chetna Maroo

3.5

Not That Duke by Eloisa James

3.0

The Reluctant Countess by Eloisa James

3.0

How to Be a Wallflower by Eloisa James

3.0

Priest by Sierra Simone

2.5

If a man ever called me his little lamb and then crammed his duck up my ass, we’d have words…

The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang

4.0

Chang is just unflinching in her account of the atrocities inflicted on the Chinese at Nanking.  

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

2.0

This is just fairy Twilight, isn’t it?

Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage by Jeff Guinn

3.0

There are no heroes here. The federal agencies (ATF/FBI) absolutely bungled the initial raid and the ensuing stand-off. David Koresh convinced a bunch of seemingly well-meaning folks he was the messiah all while fucking underage girls and stockpiling illegally converted automatic weapons.

You can trace a direct line from the siege to Oklahoma City, the rise of Alex Jones, etc.

Guinn’s account of the stand-off is exhaustive but I wish more of the book looked at the legacy of the raid for American politics and the far-right fringe.