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sarahphym's review against another edition
5.0
Beautiful and vivid prose. Unforgettable characters and lovely story work. Looking forward to future books by this author. Read so quickly I was sad to put it down. Will be gifting this copy on and repurchasing for my own library.
mooneyreads's review against another edition
dark
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
tense
medium-paced
4.25
It’s hard to rate short story collections. Some stories were 5 stars, more were 4 stars.
rachbake's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.75
Stunning and queer and gritty and delightful!!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Transphobia, Suicide, Mental illness, Murder, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Rape and Transphobia
writtenontheflyleaves's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
fast-paced
5.0
howdyhoward's review
4.0
this was really good. every story was solid. they were also all about death and dying and wanting to die and not wanting to die, things i try not to think about too often. definitely go into this one in the right mental state to handle it.
4eyedlobster's review against another edition
5.0
I LOVED THIS SO MUCH.
I read a story a night for like, a month, and had the weirdest dreams for all of January. Each story is like the gay, edgy novelizations of a [a:Shaun Tan|38954|Shaun Tan|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1241221057p2/38954.jpg] book set in the apocalypse. This book has death cults, mermaids, goblin rock, cyber warfare, and punk fairytales all tinged with this "summer love" nostalgia that I wanted to shoot directly into my veins. Killjoy is explicit about her anarchist/punk politics, and the revolutions she describes are irresistible. The same themes appear over and over, which can make the stories run into one another, but I liked the effect. This felt like reading a REALLY good substack that you forward to friends you haven't talked to in months because you know they will love it.
I read a story a night for like, a month, and had the weirdest dreams for all of January. Each story is like the gay, edgy novelizations of a [a:Shaun Tan|38954|Shaun Tan|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1241221057p2/38954.jpg] book set in the apocalypse. This book has death cults, mermaids, goblin rock, cyber warfare, and punk fairytales all tinged with this "summer love" nostalgia that I wanted to shoot directly into my veins. Killjoy is explicit about her anarchist/punk politics, and the revolutions she describes are irresistible. The same themes appear over and over, which can make the stories run into one another, but I liked the effect. This felt like reading a REALLY good substack that you forward to friends you haven't talked to in months because you know they will love it.
mturner1334's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
4.75