Match BookBurn It Down!: Feminist Manifestos for the Revolution
Breanne Fahs
2020 · 515 pages · Narrative nonfiction
How it reads
Burn It Down!: Feminist Manifestos for the Revolution is narrative nonfiction (feminist anthology, specifically), and its dominant mood is dark. It goes to difficult places and doesn't look away. The pace is moderate — neither a page-turner nor a slow burn — so it holds up whether you read it in long sittings or short ones.
It's set in several locations, in the recent past, told through letters, documents or mixed forms. Its central concerns are identity, justice and power and politics. In weight it's heavy and literary — denser, more serious, and more demanding of you.
It stands alone, so there's nothing else you need to read first or after. The ending is left open, for you to argue about. At 515 pages it's an ordinary novel's length. It's moderately known: read by plenty of people, but not a household name.
Pick it up if…
- you're in the mood for something dark
- you want something to chew on
- you want a complete story in one book
Maybe not if…
- you need something cosy, heartwarming or funny
- you want something you can finish this weekend
All 15 dimensions
- Genre
- narrative nonfiction
- Author gender
- female
- Author experience
- established
- Setting: place
- multiple locations
- Setting: time
- recent past
- Mood / feeling
- dark
- Pace
- moderate
- Tone / weight
- heavy and literary
- Length
- long
- Narrative style
- letters, documents or mixed forms
- Publication era
- recent
- Popularity
- moderately known
- Series vs standalone
- standalone
- Themes
- identity, justice, power and politics
- Ending style
- ambiguous
What these mean: the 15 dimensions of a book.
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