Review: Campusland

Campusland by Scott Johnston
My rating: 1 of 5 stars

I tried to read the entirety of this book. I generally adore books set at in a school-setting, whether that is college, high school or boarding school. I find them to be nostalgic for me at this point. Campusland was meant to be satire about the degree to which college (especially elite universities) are considering themselves "safe spaces" for free speech and winds up just being ill-informed propaganda. This book is basically tone-deaf to the social injustices that our young people are trying to sort out. Its one thing to actually be funny in dealing with these topics, it is another thing entirely when you miss this mark and are just mean-spirited and hateful. I would guess that most young people would be uncomfortable reading this book aloud to their peers. I honestly feel sorry for the copy editor that had to read this multiple times.
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