Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma

Hello!

This month, we're reading Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma!

After our recent discussion about the scandals surrounding Neil Gaiman and how different members of our group were working through separating art from artist, this book seemed like the perfect companion read! Named a best book of 2023 by The Washington Post, The New Yorker, The Sunday Times, and the San Francisco Chronicle (to name just a few), Monsters is follow up to author Claire Dederer's viral essay about the exact topics we have been discussing lately.

The blurb from her website says it all:

"Can we love the work of Hemingway, Polanski, Miles Davis, or Picasso? Should we love it? Does genius deserve special dispensation?"

This is a different read for our group, and I'm really excited to dig in!