Maria
I truly believe this book should be read by everyone. Maia talks so honestly and truly about eir experience. Though in our world it's not a given to be acknowledged and appreciated just the way you are, this book urges that understanding and acceptance is certainly something to search and fight for.
Yup, still great.
I was re-reading “Fun Home” to make sure I do like it, because “Are you my mother?” left me dissatisfied and confused about my feelings about this duo. I remembered “Fun Home” as a great comic book, so it was surprising to have such different feelings about the newer one.
Anyways, yup, still great.
Nothing spectacular. Linguistic flourish is not exactly my thing or maybe not in Małecki's execution – sometimes it left me cringing. The narrative definitely had its sparking moments – Saturnin was a compelling character and I liked some of the Tadeusz's parts, but most of the time it was nothing out of the ordinary. Nevertheless, it was a pleasant read.
Very intense and unnerving. The style could be described as overly simple, true, but I view it as a conscious decision that makes the arguments of the novel stand out even more. The lack of details makes you feel the conspiracy mindset on your own skin - not being sure about the identity of characters or the emotions on their faces.
People can be horrible to each other and their actions and motives are never black and white.
I thought there were a couple of themes that were emphasized and dragged out too much but in the end I think it shows exactly how it is between people - hurting each other in defense, attacking without knowing what you want to achieve.
Very nice workbook/excersise book. I feel like after taking a fun design-related course. The examples are versatile and show step by step how the author and students approach the layout problems - which other books usually lack.
I will definitely do the excersises myself and will reach for that book for inspiration in the future.
As I'm not really into the self-help type of books, I was quite apprehensive to read it and the negative expectations were confirmed after first 40 or so pages. Gradually, though, I changed my opinion about the book and in the end I think I can recommend it.
Some portions of the book were too poetic and lengthy to my taste. Surprisingly, at the same time they didn't cover a lot of ground and the examples were cut-out for a very specific type of person – a Wysokie Obcasy reader type probably – to which I couldn't really relate.
Many concepts in this book are similar to what you can learn form psychology books but under different, not-so-cringey names which I think wasn't really stressed enough. As a addition to other psychology books or therapy it is fine and a pleasant read but I definitely wouldn't call it a ‘life-changing book' or ‘must-read for every woman'.
Summing up, I definitely had many useful thoughts while listening to it and I might skim it in some time to come but I cannot say it was revolutionary for me. It was a different, very personal way to describe what I already know from other sources, which is always nice.
I appreciate that the book was easy to read and the reasoning easy to follow. It introduced me to some new concepts and connections between ideas but I can't forgive it the lack of balanced criticism. The book is definitely subjective and opinionated while saying it's not which I generally condemn. I also felt like Applebaum was quite separated from the life of the regular folk. She's like ‘yay, capitalism, now we have WiFi and catering in our village' which is quite a skewed and untrue view of what has happened in Poland during the last 20-30 years.
(Restorative nostalgia, extremities, authoritarism, Europe, Brexit, Prawo i Sprawiedliwość)
“Psychika to nasz system obrony - dba o to żebyśmy nigdy nie pojęli tego co nas otacza. (...) Bo nie dałoby się unieść tej wiedzy. Każda najmniejsza cząstka świata składa się bowiem z cierpienia”
I don't think I need to write a note here - I imagine this book will stay with me without its help.
I can definitely say though, that Mrs. Duszejko makes me feel less alone. She is so unapologetic about her emotions and who she is. She does not bend herself to be nonconfrontational. She breaks through a wall before which I stand so often.
Great. With great brevity but not loosing depth this book touches upon so many facets of misogyny and patriarchy, using witches and witch-hunts as a glue to bind it all together. I felt like sometimes arguments were a little stretched but great nonetheless. The book made me revisit my own fears and views on motherhood, aging, insecurities and relationships. Overall it was an extremely valuable read for me and I feel like it can be for everyone. Also, it's a real page-turner.
I really liked the way the world is constructed. The plot was kind of flat sometimes, though absorbing enough for me to be lost in reading. The main con of this book are characters, unfortunately. They also come out a little flat, unchanging, archetypical.
Duke Leto - perfect partner, benevolent leader, hero till the end
Paul - after his “awakening” is basically the same person as before just a little more rude. I get that he was special and supposedly very mature for his age, but come on. There was just too little of his internal development for me to believe in him.
Jessica - is probably the most complex, her arch revolving around loving mother and cold super-human/politician
Chani - is there to be a servant-like lover to Paul, having no character besides loving and being an object of love.
About 100 pages of this book were useful to me: section with the collection of grid usage in different publication types and the last chapter on method and intuition.
I will probably revisit the first section when I need some guidance/inspiration on what kind of grid to use but other than that I don't see value in it.
Although the content is neither revolutionary nor new, I admire the concise way they managed to arrange the knowledge. Beginners will get to know theoretical, practical and business perspective on making icons. More advanced designers can use it as a reminder of sorts and a quick cheat sheet.
More than a book it's a comprehensive textbook on creating icons.
