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I love emma goldman, i love anarchist theory. Its a golden book written without prose that is too embellishing and is piercingly direct and cuttingly witty and sharp. She does not spare the ego of any of her opponents. There were difficult essays for me to read and grasp her intent especially her essays on womens emancipation and sufferage. Though her views are so shatteringly radical that they seem oppositional to otherwise useful tenets such as emancipation and sufferage, i get the point that shes trying to ultimately make. The only reason that this book gets four instead of five stars is because it is undeniably an echo chamber with no significant basis of praxis, mobilization or instruction for direct action. As a piece of unbridled theory it is five out of five, as a practical manual it unfortunately let me down in some ways.
Easy to finish in a week of light reading.

Everyone vehemently urged me to read this book saying it was going to be one of the most formative works to my existentialist philosophy essentially and that it was a great place to start for Dostoyevsky. I agree with this, and also dont reccomend going into it with super transcendentally high hopes. It is a slow burn, and very dialogue heavy. I had to really read in and formulate implied philosophical meaning. Its not an easy and direct read. I also had some hopes of it being a more dynamic and captivating read which it is absolutley not dynamic or full of movement. The development moves at a snails pace and honestly i gave it four stars for myself because im proud i got through it. The language and narration style is unique and intriguing but not the most accessible or user friendly. Its a great book to read if you want to boost your ego by saying you actually got through it, and has a couple quotable moments. Do i regret reading it? No, im proud i did. Would i do it again? No. Youd have to pay me or put me in a very interesting grotto of philosophers to interpret it with as we read together. Now that could be fun actually.