It's been a long time since I liked a book less, especially one I couldn't stop reading.
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Replying to @zoeinthecities
I should have stopped at the two page list of film/pop culture references that included a) no works by women & b) "of course, Kevin Smith."
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Replying to @zoeinthecities
I truly thought it might be a parody. Or that this protagonist's certainty of what was "canon" would be upended. But...spoiler alert: no.
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Replying to @zoeinthecities
Ps normally I don't like to disparage works of art publically. But this one has been so, um, *rewarded.* And I find it morally suspect.
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There is a moment when the protagonist buys a gun for the 1st time & says that it feels "familiar" bc he's shot so many in the video game.
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I thought the author might return to reverse our understanding of these kinds of moments. He only did in the most deus-ex-machina way. Bye!
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Replying to @zoeinthecities
Ms Kazan, may I ask what you think of A CLOCKWORK ORANGE? Is it less offensive to you than READY PLAYER ONE?
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Replying to @MathPrinceps @zoeinthecities
A Clockwork Orange has its horrorshow moments of vulgarity, but the message is clear & strong and the writing is brilliant.
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Replying to @courtneytownill @zoeinthecities
Moments? Vulgarity? This is the book that coined the term "ultraviolence." It consists of episode after episode of gruesome brutality.
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Replying to @MathPrinceps @zoeinthecities
The whole point of the violence though is to shine a light on choice/free will. In RPO those same dilemmas are not played with.
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I wholly agree that the gruesome brutalities in a story may be essential to its successful articulation of some deep and crucial truth.
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