"I don’t think the book wants to be as comedic as it is. Sebastian’s romance with Antoine is played straight (in a manner of speaking), and much of the bloodshed throughout is treated as tragic and even occasionally traumatic."

"There’s a powerful sense of being unmoored from the facts of reality and cut off from people with whom we should be close that is probably the most effective facet of the horror of Play Nice."

"Lucky Day is about gambling, but while the premise focuses on the statistics, the actual plot is more interested in the dopamine rush."

"The Fraud is, maybe, too literary for some, and I clearly can’t even tell. But I have so much I want to say about it, so here’s the warning that your mileage may vary before I gush about this book."

"Erin and Max are fighting for an “either-or,” while the men of Bullitt County are fighting for a “both-and.” The language of liberalism vs. the language of a death cult."

"The book accepts an “economic vs social” framing - either they suffer economically or we suffer socially, but there’s nothing we can do for them, and if they are afforded any power, their solutions only impact our social freedoms without improving their economic situations.

We've seen Giganto, and odds are good we'll see the shot of Superman lifting a car. Just a cool duality.

"Its use of wolf conservation to discuss antisemitism is creative, unique, and well-considered, and it’s a surprisingly effective primer for children about the spread of antisemitic conspiracy theories throughout history and their impact today."

"On a broad scale, coal mining means a net negative for the mountain range, the people who live on that mountain range, the world, and the people who live in the world. But the conflict as it is presented in the novel is much more nuanced than just…old world witch good, new world corporation bad."

"While no one in the game states the phrase after which the franchise is named - 'nothing is true, everything is permitted' - every gameplay loop is balanced around that central premise anyway, which is very cool. Even if it would have been cooler if they’d said the thing."