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But if this tantalizing glimpse of a purer agrarian existence opens up worlds of possibility, Moreno is up to something less simplistic and more interesting than a demonization of town and a romanticization of country.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2023

But she’s fine with the romanticization, “if it leads people to want to read a book about it, all the better.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 3, 2023

Cheney Poole, 27, from Christchurch, New Zealand — known as Otautahi, Aotearoa, in the Maori language — calls the film’s portrayal “just another example of the same very upfront and apparent romanticization of colonization.”

From Washington Post • Dec. 20, 2022

Even within ultimately dystopian tales, “you can see a sort of romanticization of the scientific endeavor,” says David Koepsell, a philosopher of science and technology at Texas A&M University, College Station.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 10, 2022

Dylan's nostalgic romanticization of a lost age, they might contend, is naive and misinformed.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2020