The Witch on the Pitfalls of Altruistic Motherhood
The Witch shows the importance of gaining the courage to pursue your own values through dreary contrast.
Fictionosophy
The purpose of this Substack is to combine my interest in fiction and philosophy by reflecting on the ways fiction authors express their philosophical ideas in what I read. Where possible, I will integrate those themes with other ideas and evaluate them.
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She Who Remains and Twisted Cultural Norms
She Who Remains explores the vital issue of how ancient, patriarchal, repressive laws tear apart lives, but it does so through an incoherent style and is consequently hard to connect to.
Taiwan Travelogue: A Bittersweet Account of Friendship Under Imperialism
Taiwan Travelogue is a bright novel touching on various aspects of the development of a culture, with a flawed exploration of power imbalances in friendships.
The Challenge of Facing Reality in Endling
Endling is an interesting novel that explores the process of grappling with tragedy and portrays clearly the problems that can result when one avoids facing reality, but with a touch of surrealism.
Polyphony Feeds Disintegration in The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran
The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran lacks a climax or central conflict, but it does evoke empathy for those who end up in exile after having fought an authoritarian regime.
A Monster Calls On Self-Honesty and the Power of Stories
A Monster Calls is an intriguing exploration of grief, emotional complexity, the importance of stories, and self-honesty.
Guilt, Authoritarianism, and Art: Timeless Truths in The Director
The Director is a disturbing but masterful presentation of how totalitarianism creeps into every aspect of life and corrupts it.
Violence and Neglect in On Earth As It Is Beneath
The premise was intriguing, but unless one is deeply interested in depictions of prison systems, I would not recommend it.
So Far Gone: A Shallow Look at a Deep Divide
So Far Gone could have been a fascinating tale of competing ideologies and how they play out in the personal realm—but this depth went largely unexplored.
Intemperance on Loving Love
Intemperance is a vibrant novel about a woman who loves herself, loves life, and goes about seeking romantic love as a means to live even more fully.