Comments for The Book Smugglers https://www.thebooksmugglers.com/ Smuggling Since 2007 | Reviewing SF & YA since 2008 Tue, 29 Jun 2021 22:14:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 Comment on THESE VIOLENT DELIGHTS: A Chat with Chloe Gong by Megan | Bookstacks 'n Golden Moms https://www.thebooksmugglers.com/2021/06/these-violent-delights-a-chat-with-chloe-gong.html#comment-584326 Tue, 29 Jun 2021 22:14:42 +0000 https://www.thebooksmugglers.com/?p=45851#comment-584326 This one has been sitting on my bookshelf for a while now. Great interview 🙂

-Megan @ Bookstacks & Golden Moms

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Comment on On the Smugglers’ Radar: June 2021 by Thea https://www.thebooksmugglers.com/2021/06/on-the-smugglers-radar-june-2021.html#comment-584069 Mon, 14 Jun 2021 02:07:21 +0000 https://www.thebooksmugglers.com/?p=45857#comment-584069 It looks so good!!! I can’t wait to dive into DAUGHTER OF SPARTA (and everything else… if only I had all the time!)

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Comment on On the Smugglers’ Radar: May 2021 by Thea https://www.thebooksmugglers.com/2021/05/on-the-smugglers-radar-may-2021.html#comment-584067 Sun, 13 Jun 2021 22:53:23 +0000 https://www.thebooksmugglers.com/?p=45797#comment-584067 Ooh, thanks for the nudge, Emma! I need some good twists in my reading!

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Comment on On the Smugglers’ Radar: June 2021 by chelsea @ your bookish friend https://www.thebooksmugglers.com/2021/06/on-the-smugglers-radar-june-2021.html#comment-584065 Sun, 13 Jun 2021 20:56:34 +0000 https://www.thebooksmugglers.com/?p=45857#comment-584065 so many good books coming out in june! i’m particularly excited for daughter of sparta

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Comment on Joint Review: Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger by Black Reader https://www.thebooksmugglers.com/2012/10/joint-review-keeper-of-the-lost-cities-by-shannon-messenger.html#comment-584061 Sun, 13 Jun 2021 13:45:07 +0000 http://www.thebooksmugglers.com/?p=20856#comment-584061 I am also late to the conversation, having just read book 1. I suspect that whether you see the racism in this book depends on your own race. As a Black woman, I was appalled that a relatively young writer from southern California could publish this text without recognizing language that has been used to oppress “others” throughout history.
The argument that gnomes enjoy and benefit from their subservience was used to justify Slavery in the United States. For those who argue that gnomes are not human, let me point out that dark-skinned humans also get their color from absorbing the sun in the sense that melanin absorbs sun and determines skin color. Dark-skinned people have also been considered less than human as evidenced by our classification as 3/5 of a person in the US Constitution and the designation of male, female, and colored bathrooms in the Jim Crow south. It has also been argued that we liked slavery and would have been lost without masters to care for and protect us.
Messenger introduces a species of “gray beasts” with” “flat noses” in the goblins. They also appear to work for the elves as bodyguards and security details.
What makes this racism is that in the book, one’s station in life is determined by one’s genetics. The constant references to color associated with beauty and prestige such as pale/porcelain skin, rosy/pink cheeks, blonde/amber/golden ringlets, and aquamarine/blue/periwinkle eyes is a not-so-subtle way of telling non-White readers that no one who looks like them truly belongs in this world. It’s implied that even Sophie with her brown eyes is an outsider, created rather than born. Fortunately, her slender build and blonde hair redeem her. It’s common for White (and all) authors to fill their imaginary worlds with people who look like them but this book is intentional about emphasizing the skin tone, eye color, weight/build, hair color, and even hair texture of every character. These superficial traits are viewed as evidence that a character does or does not belong to an intelligent, unbelievably attractive, and highly evolved race/species.
To make matters worse, there is very little acknowledgement, analysis, or discussion of the racism, colorism, and classism found in this series. I’ve looked online and it’s rarely mentioned. I was not surprised that at least one of the authors of this review is non-White since the review is one of a few that brings up the treatment of the brown-skinned gnomes.

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Comment on Book Review: The Angel’s Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon by Alessandro 'Lex' ? (JLUPodcast) (@raveryn) https://www.thebooksmugglers.com/2009/07/book-review-the-angels-game-by-carlos-ruiz-zafon.html#comment-583961 Mon, 07 Jun 2021 16:09:17 +0000 http://www.thebooksmugglers.com/?p=4199#comment-583961 “David is not a sympathetic character. He is, for most of the book, oddly detached and there is the recurring thought that David is a spectator of his own life.”……uh…….that’s the whole point. You can walk away reading this as a supernatural affair, or you can walk away reading it as a more grounded story. The latter basically requires the detachment to work, because in that interpretation he is very much a spectator of his own life.

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Comment on On the Smugglers’ Radar: May 2021 by Emma https://www.thebooksmugglers.com/2021/05/on-the-smugglers-radar-may-2021.html#comment-583790 Fri, 28 May 2021 14:31:32 +0000 https://www.thebooksmugglers.com/?p=45797#comment-583790 I just finished The Ones We’re Meant to Find–talk about jaw-dropping twists. I can’t wait to see your review whenever you get to it!

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Comment on Joint Review: Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger by Anonymous https://www.thebooksmugglers.com/2012/10/joint-review-keeper-of-the-lost-cities-by-shannon-messenger.html#comment-582921 Thu, 15 Apr 2021 22:42:17 +0000 http://www.thebooksmugglers.com/?p=20856#comment-582921 I personally couldn’t agree more with Thea and Ana. This book is very poorly written and the characters and world building are unoriginal and bland. To everyone saying to read the book before you criticize it, I have read the whole series though it pained me to do so. If you really enjoy this book that’s fine, but I think it’s one of the worst books I’ve ever read.

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Comment on Joint Review: The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu by Conny https://www.thebooksmugglers.com/2015/12/joint-review-the-dark-forest-by-cixin-liu.html#comment-582800 Wed, 07 Apr 2021 14:39:54 +0000 http://www.thebooksmugglers.com/?p=35928#comment-582800 I’m surprised to find so much praise for the first part with respect to the treatment of women – I read it years ago but decided against further reading of the series because I found the treatment of female characters painful. One the woman of desire that did not have a voice and two basically more or less heartless woman ready to kill their “loved-ones”. And that’s it.
I also wondered if the translation played a role in this perceiption with respect to the feel of a character. But then I thought, no it’s just weird.
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