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The Last Witch in Edinburgh
- De: Marielle Thompson
- Narrado por: Siobhan Waring
- Duración: 10 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 15
In an alternate Edinburgh of 1824, every woman lives in fear that she will be the next one hanged for witchcraft. All it takes is invoking the anger, or the desire, of the wrong person. Nellie Duncan, beautiful and unwed, keeps to herself until she encounters the Rae Women's Apothecary. There, fiery Jean Rae and the other women provide cures and teach others that they too can aid the winter deity, the Cailleach, embracing her characteristic independence, agency, and craft, in turn becoming witches themselves.
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4 out of 5 stars
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It’s a great anti-patriarchy mythology
- De LizzyDann en 02-16-25
- The Last Witch in Edinburgh
- De: Marielle Thompson
- Narrado por: Siobhan Waring
It’s a great anti-patriarchy mythology
Revisado: 02-16-25
But also quite heavy-handed. It’s a sapphic witch tale spanning centuries that is quite pagan. It’s a refreshing take, but super explicit feminist battle against violence against women, connecting witch burnings in the 18th century to date rape in the 21st century through the actions of a greedy, patriarchal deity. One of the battling deities is a character, the other, feminine deity a named but inactive character. It is also about healing from trauma. Overall, I enjoyed the themes. Story/plot was not gripping.
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Strongmen
- Mussolini to the Present
- De: Ruth Ben-Ghiat
- Narrado por: Chloe Cannon
- Duración: 9 h y 42 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,053
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 908
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 906
Ruth Ben-Ghiat is the expert on the "strongman" playbook employed by authoritarian demagogues from Mussolini to Putin. In Strongmen, she lays bare the blueprint these leaders have followed over the past 100 years, and empowers us to recognize, resist, and prevent their disastrous rule in the future.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascism expert talks fascism
- De sparky en 12-04-20
- Strongmen
- Mussolini to the Present
- De: Ruth Ben-Ghiat
- Narrado por: Chloe Cannon
Amazing, telling, timely & important
Revisado: 01-19-25
The content, information-wise, is incomparably important for those fearing the rise of authoritarianism and wishing to understand its appeal, symptoms, and effects. I listened to the audiobook and the performance was a little flat. Without subheadings I easily got lost in which nation I was in in the story and the names of major players between touches on a specific nation, as all facial stories are simultaneously told through thematic connections. I would have preferred reading it as it is dense, but I am glad that I bit the bullet and learned the brutal, brutal facts - whatever flaws in performance there are.
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