Sam

Another great entry in the His Dark Materials series, i am very much looking forward to the third book.

I think the story is a great vehicle for religious critique and I am very much enjoying it. The writing is very clear and the allegory is very interesting.

A fantastic end to the trilogy. Finishing this book gave me a finality that left me satisfied. Ultimately I think the allegory throughout the trilogy is done well and has great twists and turns. Highly recommend the whole trilogy to anyone looking for good storytelling and compelling narratives.

The War of the Worlds is a great commentary of Imperialism and empire, and humanity within a horror story. I think H.G. Wells does an amazing job bringing the reader into the terror wrought upon the humans in his story. I think it’s interesting to see the commentary in this book and how it can be contextualized in a modern way. A recommended read, as I think it’s a wonderful classic and it’s fairly short but nothing life-changing.

Autocracy, Inc is a good book when it comes to descriptively representing the world political landscape when it comes to democracy vs autocracy. I think the book shows in a relatively short way how autocratic regimes work together, not in a conspiratorial way, to continue to uphold and maintain their power.

While the book was great descriptively I think it’s prescriptive portion a little lackluster. The book follows the format where the entire book describes the problem of what the author calls autocracy inc and then in the final chapter briefly touches on, in my opinion, soft prescriptions on how the world could combat autocracy. I would have much rather a book which lays out each pillar of its argument and breaks down prescriptions for each of these pillars in the following chapter. While this would have made the book longer I think it would have made it a more interesting read.

I would recommend this book to those who are looking for more information on autocratic regimes and their movements in our current political environment.

White Night is so far my favorite entry into the Dresden series and I hope the trend continues with all of them being just as good, I felt like I could solve the mystery on my own and felt captivated but the stakes in this one.

I look forward to catching up to all the rest of the books in the series!