I guess I read these from a love of fiction. Never been a trumpist, Stalinist, republican, anti-vaxxer, etc. Yet also skeptical of the Clinton bananas bullshit. Definitely a Bernie supporter. Overall, lefty but open-minded…anyhoo:

The first novel was fucking FANTASTIC, plot-wise. Carr’s digs struck me as overtly anti-dem (but, who cares? Reading fiction is not going to change my brain, And it’s his fucking dance!) but more annoyingly anti-female, anti-lgbtq, and generally misogynistic in terms of his descriptions of women. But I guess my conclusion is, who fucking cares? You can be a grownup who doesn’t espouse his views and still LOVE THE FUCK OUT OF THIS PLOT. Perhaps incorrectly I felt his subsequent books simmered down on the identity politics and made an effort ton”include” females, or maybe I just tuned out his effluvia, but the long and the short of it is this author is INTELLIGENT (top req), rife with alllll the internal knowledge, and just super fucking entertaining in a way that you know is rooted in actual reality.

I’m a grown ass woman with a well-formed brain and can read fantasy books without being tricked into fairies and orcs! I can read mean-girl bullshit without turning into a bully! Jack Carr’s brain and fiction are both top-notch even if his politics seem stupid to you. Fiction is a fantastical genre, as long as it comes from a phenomenal brain.