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3.5 Das erste Kapitel ist das stärkste, weil es persönlicher ist. Das ist auch tatsächlich mit der Linguistik verbunden. Die Museumsmetapher in Kapitel drei ist ellenlang. Der Rest besteht hauptsächlich aus handzahme Übersetzungen von Ideen aus englischsprachigen Texten.

2.5
“Hurrem and the Djinn” by Claire North ★★½
“Glass Lights” by Neon Yang ★★★
“Bring Your Own Spoon” by Saad Z. Hossain ★★★½

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I don't recommend it unless you already found this world immersive. This one is more violent (the action scenes are skimmable). Male is default, women and girls are still introduced by their bodies and/or sexist insults. The title character is practically an incel, and a Mary Sue, and all his crushes plant a kiss on him by the end of the book.

Detracting, representative lines:

The Cyber Mage only played games he could win.

She had that vaguely tearful voice signaling the hormonal imbalance that triggered the urge to nurture.

A sensitivity reader could transform a fair amount. It's otherwise enveloping and droll.

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“Summer Skin” by Zin E. Rocklyn ★★★½
“Taking the Good” by Dana Mcknight ★★★½
“Foundling” by Tenea D. Johnson ★★★½

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3.5

Flows well enough at the start but as soon as the stakes are set it becomes something like when you humour a friend who wants to recount an incoherent dream they had the night before. Lasting impressions are of unfunny banter, both connection and conflict that don't ring true, mundane money details, Nick's narc-y concerns about whether certain world-saving actions are illegal, his dubious internal dialogue, and getting out of tight spots and battles with gods by magic.

3.5 Der Aufsatz von Otoo war der einprägsamste mit einem guten Lesefluss. Antirassistische Aufsätze auf Französisch und auf Deutsch jedoch geben öfters den Eindruck, dass sie weniger stringent sind. Dazu befinden sich die Bewegungen noch in der Anfangsphase und werden von gesellschaftlichen und politischen Kräften mit einem gewaltigen Schweigen, wenn nicht mit einer Sturheit und Anfeindung begegnet. Diese Sammlungen sind notwendig.

3.5

Righteous Migrants: The poetic mythologizing is punctuatedly endearing while also infrequently connecting. My decade aligned most with “Today, Berlin Punches You In The Stomach” although the acts of racist aggression weren't its most disturbing facet. Berlin is a self-righteous busybody gleeful to run you over to teach you not to jaywalk.

“A Field of Sapphires and Sunshine” by Jaymee Goh ★★★½

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Well intentioned but not damning nor transformative. There's a flash of technosolutionism and ‘A taxonomy of slacking off' in chapter 7 is embarrassing. Paraphrased: Some people take up smoking so they can take smoke breaks. Another thing you could do is learn a rare skill so your boss and co-workers don't actually know how long it should take when you batch edit image files.

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