Phoenix Logan

At first I was unsure because I'm not usually a fan of distant, restrained writing. But this book hit different once you get about a third of the way through. I didn't want to stop once it got to that point. The prose (no quotation marks, random capitalization, run on sentences) made me feel like I was going insane along with the protagonist. A really great portrait into interiority, like, some of the mental processing beats were incredibly depicted. Thought provoking. The kind of book that you need your friends to read so you can discuss and try to figure out what the hell just happened.

Honestly so good. I love Piranesi's character. He's so funny and aloof yet completely serious which is a sweet spot for me. The mystery pulled me along in the story - i felt like i was discovering the mysteries of the house at the same time as Piranesi was, and I was genuinely confused how the Other had gotten a ham and cheese sandwhich.

The symbolism and themes were so prevalent and layered. This is the kind of book you could read many times and get something new out of it each time.

The style is academic, yet extremely opinionated, which i happen to like. I do feel like some sections could have been condensed, and the book could have been half its size and still given the point across. In general, i was surprised with the understanding and compassion dworkin shows right wing women - that they are making pragmatic choices given systemic sexism.

it was very interesting! It gave language and theory to a lot of things I’ve been thinking about and feeling. That’s what made it a powerful read for me. That said it was fairly dense, and there were a lot of “what the whole are you trying to say” moments. But overall this book is going to stay with me, and I’m going to use what i learned from it to talk about capitalism and educate myself further.

Some really gorgeous parts, but lots of it felt fairly ambiguous and hard to picture. Felt like a fever dream which was maybe the point. I liked learning more about antoinette - forever changed my reading of jane eyre (I’m considering it cannon)