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Scott ha recensito All That Heaven Allows di Mark Griffin

Mark Griffin: All That Heaven Allows (2020, HarperCollins Publishers)

Career and life

4 stelle

A pretty well told biography. This tells the life story from birth, childhood, before stardom, and the breadth of the career, and to the death, of Roc Hudson. I feel like it tries to be fair to the sources used. It doesnt seem to play favorites much.

It also talks about the many sig-Os Roc had. Both serious and hot and heavy. Rock liked to party, but he was also looking constatly for something steady.

It's a pretty good book. I feel like I know him well. And have some movies I should watch now. #Bookstodon #Books #RocHudson #LGBTQ #Queer #Gay #MLM

Scott ha recensito Divine Might di Natalie Haynes

Natalie Haynes: Divine Might (2023, Pan Macmillan)

Excellent essays

4 stelle

9.5 star Yet another great book by Natalie H. This one is a series of essays about goddesses Natalie has not gone in-depth about before. Except for her fav, Athene, who she goes further in-depth on.

But all is well told. As usual, she simultaneously rehabilitates them. AND shines a light on their damning qualities. She doesnt treat the transmogrifications and other odd punishments as "quirky things gods do sometimes". But as the cruel and unusual acts they are, that sometimes are beyond the wrong done.

However, the essays also acknowledge the cruel wrongs done to them. The effects that would have on a person. She also does an excellent job of bringing these stories not only in to context of where they came from, but somehow also into our modern context too. And again, she also excels at reading her own work for the audiobook.

CW: talk of rape, …

9.5 star Yet another great book by Natalie H. This one is a series of essays about goddesses Natalie has not gone in-depth about before. Except for her fav, Athene, who she goes further in-depth on.

But all is well told. As usual, she simultaneously rehabilitates them. AND shines a light on their damning qualities. She doesnt treat the transmogrifications and other odd punishments as "quirky things gods do sometimes". But as the cruel and unusual acts they are, that sometimes are beyond the wrong done.

However, the essays also acknowledge the cruel wrongs done to them. The effects that would have on a person. She also does an excellent job of bringing these stories not only in to context of where they came from, but somehow also into our modern context too. And again, she also excels at reading her own work for the audiobook.

CW: talk of rape, kidnapping, depression, violence, abusive relationships #Bookstodon #Books #GreekMythology #Mythology #NonFiction #NatalieHaynes

Roy Adams ha recensito Bone Silence di Alastair Reynolds (Revenger series)

Alastair Reynolds: Bone Silence (2020, Orion Publishing Group, Limited)

Sequel to Shadow Captain.

Sweeping continuation of the Ness sisters' story

4 stelle

Alistair Reynolds delivers a sweeping continuation of the Ness sisters' story in Bone Silence. Old foes reappear, new allies are made and lots of stunning revelations.

In the acknowledgements Alistair writes that he is setting the Ness sisters aside "for a while". I look forward to reading more about them and/or the Congregation. #Bookstodon