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sloanjulia17's review against another edition
4.75
Initial Reaction: 9
Characters: 10
Setting: 10
Plot: 9
Pace: 9
Style: 8
Ending: 10
Enjoyment: 10
75 / 16 = 4.6875
Rounded Rating = 4.75
annastanners's review
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
retrofuturism's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
poorlywordedbookreviews's review against another edition
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
An alien crash lands on Earth and has no way to get home, once they master their human disguise they enter the world of hook up culture to get their sustenance - human flesh.
โ๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บโ๐ด ๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฑ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ด๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ, ๐ ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ต ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ.โ
๐ฅฉ ๐ฝ ๐ฅฉ ๐ฝ ๐ฅฉ
Seemingly an alien horror story, this is actually an exploration of alienation, isolation and belonging, via the literal alienation of the MC. Lots here mirroring the experience of people who donโt fit the norms of society (gender, sexuality, aesthetically, physically, behaviourally) - particularly the intertwined fears of being noticed being vs never being seen.
This book is translated from Korean, and if you can I definitely suggest reading the translators note first - I didnโt get it until the end of the audiobook and it contextualised some of the narration choices that were throwing me off. On audio theyโve gone with sassy, camp, full of playful dramatic attitudeโฆ really vivid, but at times it felt a bit too โpantomimeโ, and was frankly grating to my taste. Knowing why it was like this was ๐ก
Overall this was an interesting read and way to consider the lived experience of frequently marginalised folk, and definitely a fitting read for pride month if you are looking for an off-beat shortish read.
paradigma's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
fast-paced
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
4.75
richienolan's review
dark
funny
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
year23's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0