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180 reviews

Friedrich Engels - Zur Einführung. Konstitution des Marxismus by Ingar Solty

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informative

4.0

Klug und nützlich als Zitatensammlung Engels! 
Karl Marx - Zur Einführung. 1. Philosophie der Praxis by Ingar Solty

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informative fast-paced

2.5

Feine Einführung, aber einfach zu kurz....
The Party Is Always Right: The Untold Story of Gerry Healy and British Trotskyism by Aidan Beatty

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informative

0.5

Perhaps appropriate to the awfulness of Gerry Healy, this biography is almost equally as bad. Boring, uninformative about the times, unserious critique of the milieu and Trotskyism, and loaded with the author's own political agenda of advertising his own political project which is of course much more enlightened. 
Die ersten Menschen auf dem Mond by H.G. Wells

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adventurous mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.75

Even for the time pretty silly and superficial
Considerations on Western Marxism by Perry Anderson

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5.0

The Last Days of New Paris by China Miéville

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adventurous mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

The writing somehow very tough to read. Very heady and intellectualised setting, though creative. Couldn't be quite brought to care. 
Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Non-monogamy by Jessica Fern

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informative inspiring reflective

3.75

Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell

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challenging hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

4.0

The Autobiography of a Sexually Emancipated Communist Woman by Alexandra Kollontai

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informative inspiring fast-paced

2.0

Far too short and superficial to be a truly useful source or provide political insight. An interesting life nonetheless.
The City & The City by China Miéville

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adventurous tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

Cool premise, nice world-building, satisfying plot development. 
Somehow, Mieville's writing is a log to follow sometimes... the minutiae of events is tiring. The characters remain fair faceless.