SarahTonin716 reviewed Monsters by Claire Dederer
Meandering and thought-provoking
4 stars
This book is not strongly structured, but I don't think it needed to be. The fundamental question it wrestles with does not have a single answer that one can arrive at (which is the main point that the book makes.) What to do with—and how to feel about—good art made by bad people is not something with one answer; it depends on the artist, the art, the situation, and most of all, the reader/viewer/listener. As such there is no logical A to B to C to follow along. Answering the question for one's self is necessarily messy, subjective, and constantly evolving, and so the narrative of the book is, too.
I feel a bit better equipped to approach the question of "what should I do about works by people I think are terrible" for myself.