the screwfly solution is funny if you read it and then an account of the srebrenica thing immediately afterward. sort of like...
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the screwfly solution is funny if you read it and then an account of the srebrenica thing immediately afterward. sort of like with le omelas and then accounts of janissaries etc
Yeah, but “the most harrowing, gut-wrenching work of fiction I’ve read in ages (granted I’m not a big horror fan). Reading it felt like being stabbed with a rusty knife made out of anger at the patriarchy. I almost do not want to recommend anyone read this due to the short-term psychological impact it had on me.”
reminds me most of all of Palahnuik’s “Guts”, which was pitched to me as something I’d regret reading, and I did, so I won’t