#read the review

[nedlittle]

it drives me bonkers the way people don't know how to read classic books in context anymore. i just read a review of the picture of dorian gray that said "it pains me that the homosexual subtext is just that, a subtext, rather than a fully explored part of the narrative." and now i fully want to put my head through a table. first of all, we are so lucky in the 21st century to have an entire category of books that are able to loudly and lovingly declare their queerness that we've become blind to the idea that queerness can exist in a different language than our contemporary mode of communication. second it IS a fully explored part of the narrative! dorian gray IS a textually queer story, even removed from the context of its writing. it's the story of toxic queer relationships and attraction and dangerous scandals and the intertwining of late 19th century "uranianism" and misogyny. second of all, i'm sorry that oscar wilde didn't include 15k words of graphic gay sex with ao3-style tags in his 1890 novel that was literally used to convict him of indecent behaviour. get well soon, i guess...

[clonerightsagenda]

Spotted the word "blorbo" in The New York Times book review. Listen NYT romance reviewer, I really do not think your paper's audience is going to recognize that one

[buttersteps]

ayo edebiri: the movie reviewer we deserve

and her dad also has an account

[myjetpack]

My Reading Year.

(My last @guardian Books cartoon for 2023)

[hesbuckcompton-baby]

people who don't study history will simply never understand the joy of reading historian beef. there's nothing like it

[coralloid]

fascinating

[mothermaggiexx]

“Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.” - George Orwell, 1984

[definitelynotisabel]

rachel slander needs to stop. if i knew percy i would’ve shot my shot too

[wiltkingart]

Asche and Vindt from Ocean's Blood by Thelma Mantey

[cowboycannibalism]

one of the things that annoys me so bad right now is seeing letterboxd reviews about Lisa Frankenstein being like "she's such a horrible character", "those people didn't deserve to be killed" blah blah blah

SHUT UP

it's a horror romance!! a girl keeps a reanimated dead guy in her closet and falls in love with him! what did you think was going to happen? it's SUPPOSED to be fucked up and weird and that's part of its charm. quit being boring, let female characters (esp in horror) be messy and chaotic and morally gray.

[pedro-pascal]

Ayo Edebiri + LETTERBOXD REVIEWS

[moonflowergayy]

Good Omens (2019-) + Letterboxd reviews⭐

bonus:

[booklovers-hub]

The sluttiest thing a hero can do is showing up at the villain's doorstep while they're hurt and saying, "I didn't know where else to go."

[w3r3w0lf-gf]

billy confirms the romantic tension between adam and lawrence. but i guess thats not really news haha!

[cafeblossomss]

DTF —

Down

To

Forget our responsibilities and read in bed together