My review of Claire Dederer’s new book, Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma, ran in PopMatters:

One of the great attributes of Claire Dederer’s bracing, funny, honest, yet uneven new book Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma is how rarely (if ever) she uses the word, even though her subject matter aims right at many problematic things. The thesis she wrestles with here is less about problematic behavior than what to do with the art created by seemingly horrible people. Her destination will not satisfy a large subset of readers who may want something definitively moral and correct…

Here’s an excerpt.