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i.z.booknook
Heroes and Villains | Angela Carter
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Mehso-so

This was a weird book. My first time reading Angela Carter, too. Published in 1969, 10 years before The Bloody Chamber, it is a post-apocalyptic story in which, after nuclear war, the surviving people have split into 3 categories; the Professors, the educated who have become the leaders (and within their societies we have the Soldiers and the Workers), the Barbarians, travellers before the war who raid Professor villages, (cont. in comments 👇🏻)

i.z.booknook (1) and the Out People, those who were in the cities when the bombs dropped and have mutated. It is a very interesting premise and one I have seen more recently in films like Doomsday, etc, so must have been a really original idea at the time and one that has resonated. However, the story is more to do with the characters than what happened. 8mo
i.z.booknook (2) Goodreads and Amazon have listed this under romance… This is a worse romance book than It Ends With Us, which is saying something! There are several extremely questionable events that feel like they‘re sort of brushed past and I can‘t work out if that is because it is an example of the crumbling of the society or a reflection of the times this book was written in and so I am still unsure how I feel about this book. 8mo
i.z.booknook (3) There are some really interesting ideas and themes in the book, such as religion and the idea of creating a new religion from which to lead people, and some of the descriptions and language, specifically at the start where she introduces us to this new world, is very specific and loaded with meaning so we get really nice, abstract images. 8mo
i.z.booknook (4) After finishing this book though, I am still unsure of what I am supposed to be thinking or feeling, or what the message was. For such a well-known feminist author the message I felt I came away with was anything but feminist which makes me think I‘ve completely misunderstood the book. I don‘t know. 8mo
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Cazxxx
Shadow Dance | Angela Carter
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“At the best of times, spring hurts depressives”

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Cazxxx
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Pickpick

“Everything it is possible to imagine can also exist”

So wonderfully weird!

4 ⭐️

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Andrea4
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Recommitted to reading this, because what better time when you have the excuse of "the baby's developed ears and can hear your voice" to read a fairy tale a day ?????
"But it is so, and it was so. Here's hand and ring I have to show." - from Mr. Fox, chapter Brave, Bold, and Wilful.

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AllDebooks
Pickpick

Beautiful presentation of fairytales with a fantastic introductory essay by Angela Carter

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AllDebooks
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The tagged book is the last to finish from April's #thingsincommon challenge Thanks for hosting @Clwojick twas fun 😃❤️

My planned list for May's #bookspinbingo challenge. This time I have some serious chunksters so spread them over a few selections. 500+ pages over 2 choices, 800+ pages over 3 choices. Hope that makes sense @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! And I'm all about spreading out those chunksters to make them feel more worthwhile! 😂 3y
Zuhkeeyah Such a great idea to spread out a chunkster! 3y
AllDebooks I do love a hefty book 😃 3y
Clwojick Thanks for joining! Glad you enjoyed it! 💖 3y
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Ambl1966
Heroes and Villains | Angela Carter
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Loving this, glorious and substantial