Rated Spinning 10/10
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Wants to read Waking Up White: And Finding Myself in the Story of Race
Wants to read How to Save a Constitutional Democracy
Wants to read The Theory of Moral Sentiments
Wants to read Randomistas: How Radical Researchers Changed Our World
Rated God Hates Astronauts, Vol. 1: The Head That Wouldn't Die! 4/10
This was not really for me, and is probably more for a person who gets more of the in-jokes of the comics, but there were still some funny parts. The sound effects were hilarious, and the art was certainly interesting... albeit definitely gross at times! (that's kind of the point though... Again, wasn't for me, but I see what they were doing.) Also, a fighting bear army? That's also funny. It's every plot that's gone off the rails, questionable decisions galore, and a feeling of "WTF did I just read?" at the end. You may like it better than I did.
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Rated The Suburban Swindle 6/10
It’s a slim volume, eight stories alone, but all are drenched in the smallest details — the way a bitter drink slides down throats, the texture of scars from old wounds, and the way the one’s environment turns otherworldly while under the influence.<br><br>I didn’t love every story — some seemed too lost in the details at the expense of plot — but I did appreciate the realness of each character. None are all that likeable, but I’ve certainly met people like them. They’re the screwed up men and women you see out in dive bars, scruffy and intense with one another, knowing the bartender by name. They smoke cheap cigarettes outside and talk blithely about their buddy’s most recent criminal troubles.<br><br><i>(Full review can be found at <a href="http://glorifiedloveletters.blogspot.com/2010/09/suburban-swindle-by-jackie-corley.html">Glorified Love Letters</a>.)</i>
Rated Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency 7/10