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The Martian
Andy Weir
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Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir
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MORE final thoughts because I have a lot.
I’m not at all upset with how Christianity is portrayed in this book (as a Christian myself). AbsoLUTELY there are real people who think like this, and believe themselves to be godly. Every time Doug Mills was mentioned, I thought of Doug Wilson: a real life example of someone with AUTHORITY in the church who believes that Scripture justifies racism, slavery, sexism, and all sorts of oppression. (Like he LITERALLY thinks slavery = good race relations.) The belief system that Natalie is a victim of is totally a real world issue. I’ve seen multiple Christian reviews of this book where they’re angry that the author is “obviously” just trying to make Christianity seem bad. But Natalie’s mom and sister literally still attend church…and that is written as a positive point in the story. The book presents a juxtaposition between true faith and HATEFUL CULT.
I’m ultimately upset by how the plot turned out, but I appreciate the topics this book addresses.
Also I didn’t hate Natalie. Yes she was SUPER unlikeable, but I also had a lot of empathy for how she got trapped in this ideology and was so so LOST. By the end of the book I was really rooting for her to escape and heal
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The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
Brad Stone
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Betsy's Wedding (Betsy-Tacy, #10)
Maud Hart Lovelace
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Betsy and the Great World (Betsy-Tacy, #9)
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Betsy and Joe (Betsy-Tacy, #8)
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