@ephemeral *high five* I'm trying to explain the concept of extractive reading to friends, and the best I can do is something inelegant like the opposite of "whole is greater than the sum of parts".
You might also like *Women in the Picture* by Catherine McCormack https://www.iconbooks.com/ib-title/women-in-the-picture/ and *Native Nations* by Kathleen DuVal https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/575441/native-nations-by-kathleen-duval/