can't describe my request any better than this. sorrry if it's too vague. books that dismantle your liberal understanding of the world. can be a historical work of fiction, doesn't really matter. just something that'll leave a mark on you ig

  • LaughingLion [any, any]
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    13 days ago

    this very loosely fits but the Mistborn series, at least the first three books, are essentially about a workers/slave uprising and protracted peoples war against a tyrannical god-king and the aftermath and failure of the liberal project that follows

    also a cute little love story in there and neat magic system involving eating metal-flakes and metabolizing them

      • LaughingLion [any, any]
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        11 days ago

        for a mormon writer the o.g. trilogy has critiques of patriarchy, is pretty aware of women's issues, is brutally honest about poverty and the disparity between rich and poor.

        also one gets the strong feeling that the heroine in the story is a write in for his wife and is very wife-pilled and based. we love a stan who idolizes his wife in this house

        a criticism i would have is it is slow at times, especially in book 2 and 3 but sanderson has a knack for big pay-offs for his setups so if you have the attention span you'll enjoy it

        • Cowbee [he/him, they/them]
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          11 days ago

          As a big fiancé pilled person, I support wife-pilled people. I'll have to take a look! Maybe after I read The Expanse.

    • CrawlMarks [he/him]
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      13 days ago

      The follow up series really hits hard the importance of a vanguard party

      • LaughingLion [any, any]
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        11 days ago

        still gotta get to it. i read Warbreaker which is another good book that is hyper aware of poverty and such but the end isnt some revolution in the same way. i dont know if i could recommend that book because it is so slow of a read even if i felt it was good overall.

        just started the stormlight archives series

        • CrawlMarks [he/him]
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          10 days ago

          I never finshed the storm light archives. I like his work in general and the subtle Mormonism of it is funny. Warbreaker I liked. I feel like at some point his success got him and he started writing to try to get a Netflix deal and it lost the heart of the early stuff

          • LaughingLion [any, any]
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            10 days ago

            fair enough, its not something ill slog through if i dont like it but so far the first book is entertaining me enough