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[–] TwoTonTessie 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Yes.

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[–] LetsBeNakedOutside 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

This sounds great! Is it in paperback? I'll get several copies cheaply online and leave them in little free libraries around town!

Also, can we have a shitlord book club? That would be amazing. Even if it was just random posts when people find books and label the title [book club suggestion] or something?

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[–] Teenageshitland [S] ago 

It's in paperback :)

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[–] Not-a-goat ago 

There have been a couple of posts like that, I did one, try searching for "shitlord book club".

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[–] Not-a-goat 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Got it in ebook format from my local library last night, I'm already reading it :-) thanks for the suggestion.

Edit: finished the book today, although the fat shaming dries out at about a third of the way into the book, it was an enjoyable read.

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[–] Svoodie 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

Oh my god. This combines like four of my favorite things, reading, sci-fi, fitness, and shitlording on fat people. I'm gonna check this out.

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[–] journalistsarelazy 0 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago 

I found a review that's a reee.. from a user that gave it 2 stars:

Assuming that Roen is indeed intended as an audience identifier, then his characterization is insulting. (And I would argue that he does in fact exist solely for the reader to identify with. The narrative is crafted in such a way that the reader is forced into this position. And if there’s any doubt about this, simply read some of the many reviews on the book. It’s clear that readers are seeing themselves in Roen.) Roen is continually referred to as being incompetent and of less worth than other characters. Chu doesn’t try to subvert this image, but instead plays it up; perhaps to greater dramatize Roen’s training. If the author creates a character that is intended as a reader substitute, and that character is continually belittled by other characters as well as the author, then what does the author think of the reader?

Feelings trump everything.