Lauren B.

Pennhurst was real. And was really that bad.

Revisado: 09-11-24

You can pay to get the shit scared out of you during Halloween season. Just like the people who suffered there for 79 years were scared every fucking day. Help preserve the truth of what happened there and shut down the ability of private businesses to capitalize on the oppression of disabled people.
http://www.preservepennhurst.org/

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Unique writing

Revisado: 04-01-24

Whimsical. Dark humor. Absurd. Good read. I loved the historical aspect of it all. Read it.

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Terrible reading, got dry

Revisado: 03-02-24

Read by the author who has zero charisma. It's monotone
and i felt like some of the first 75% of the book was quite slow. It is a fascinating story but I wanted to see more balance of time spent on the trial experience for her as spent on the time in the cult. So many details in the leading up to meeting Manson and the time with him but then it gets thin.

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Fascinating but unappreciative of listeners

Revisado: 02-04-24

Wish he would have stopped telling me to go buy the book. I paid for the book here. Don't shame me for getting a different format. Give me the pdf with pictures like every other author. Kinda got old. Like my money isn't green.

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Narration was horrible

Revisado: 02-03-24

Exhaustive dive into the making of The Office. It was fantastic but the narrators were terrible.

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Don't do it

Revisado: 12-23-23

Please do not read this book if you are expecting erotica or a BDSM story. This is a story of abuse; of Stockholm’s Syndrome and of such far fetched plot development that it just is not worth reading. It is too long and goes into mundane detail of aspects of the protagonist’s life that don’t really move the story along. The moment that propels the climax involves an action that is not believable for the character. Everything is too perfectly arranged. Also, did I mention that it is a love story between a woman and her abuser??? Just no.

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This book is not for me.

Revisado: 08-15-23

But I am better for having witnessed it. I haven't felt am understanding of the black experience in our country so much as in this work of genius. I will never fully understand as someone who thinks/thought they were white, but I think I am much closer now. I could relate to the way Coates described the body as a means of control and oppression. Disability has some parallel issues when viewed through this similar lens.

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Great insight and information. Vain human.

Revisado: 07-27-23

Zane's knowledge is stellar and he makes some fantastic arguments that are long overdue. Respect to him for that.
The amount of time he spent boating about who he's slept with and how many people is just annoying. But the most irritating thing was the little comments he makes about how the reader probably won't have partners as high-profile or simply as many as him is just obnoxious.
He's a diva who embodies some of the most toxic traits of many cis-white-males in the queer community.

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Fun is guaranteed.

Revisado: 05-22-23

This book is perfect for audiobook format. Refreshingly creative in its storytelling format, it is immersive and a fantastic psychological thriller. The narrators were wonderful and really made the novel feel like a true crime feature. Well done.

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Stellar retelling of one of the best moments in Philly history

Revisado: 05-19-23

Sal Pal wrote a book that was "all Philly."

The narration was terrible. Especially the voices he did for people of color... So many problems. The guy seemed like he had never heard any of these people speak and mispronounced several names.

Go birds!

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