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4.34 AVERAGE
4.34 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
me, wearing an evangelion shirt and having logged "cyborg manifesto" and "my words to victor frankenstein: performing transgender rage": omg how did storygraph know to recommend this to me??
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Beautifully written, Dreadnought is probably an unexpected favorite of mine this year. A hard read, but something that you can't take your eyes off of. There's so much to unpack in this - imagery, themes, metaphors, etc etc this is definitely something to read in one sitting and then reread over the course of your lifetime.
From the get-go, this is not a story about heroes saving the world. It's about girls barely fitting into their bodies and burdened with the weight of a worldwide extinction they have to prevent. It's the brutality of girlhood, of not having enough room to grow because of the suffocation of your own skin, the repeated exposure to violence (from your hand, by those of others) - and the heavy ache of wanting to have a home, a place to belong to, and a body you at least tolerate.
Be mindful of the content warnings (there are a lot) when going into this book.
From the get-go, this is not a story about heroes saving the world. It's about girls barely fitting into their bodies and burdened with the weight of a worldwide extinction they have to prevent. It's the brutality of girlhood, of not having enough room to grow because of the suffocation of your own skin, the repeated exposure to violence (from your hand, by those of others) - and the heavy ache of wanting to have a home, a place to belong to, and a body you at least tolerate.
Be mindful of the content warnings (there are a lot) when going into this book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fatphobia, Gore, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Blood
Moderate: Eating disorder, Sexual assault
Minor: Deadnaming, Self harm, Alcohol
CW: eating disorders, fatphobia, transphobic language/slurs, gore, violence, sexual abuse
Neon Genisis Evangelion is one of my favourite things. Ever. I'm saving up for my Evangelion tattoos as I type this.
I really enjoyed Felker-Martins take on a world and a story I am very familiar with while still making it her own. I really appreciated that she kept a lot of the themes intact but still put her own spin on it (like replacing the constant bible imagery).
This was bit more digestible than Ego Homini Lupus, but also possibly slightly less ambitious. Her writing style remains really confident and beautiful.
I was a severely mentally ill teenager growing up, so I found the characters engaging, relatable and I felt very deeply for them.
I wish a few things that were established in this were expanded upon a bit more. Overall I very much appreciated the length of this Novella, but if it had been twice the length I would've been at least equally as happy with it.
Based on other reviews I've see I'd like to say that this very much feels like a work by an Evangelion fan for Evangelion fans and you get the most out of it having previously consumed that franchise.
I've noticed with Felker-Martin's work that I want to re-read them as soon as I finish them (even though they are very upsetting) and if there are ever going to physical copies available I'd 100% purchase them so I can annotate and really fully analyse the work.
Neon Genisis Evangelion is one of my favourite things. Ever. I'm saving up for my Evangelion tattoos as I type this.
I really enjoyed Felker-Martins take on a world and a story I am very familiar with while still making it her own. I really appreciated that she kept a lot of the themes intact but still put her own spin on it (like replacing the constant bible imagery).
This was bit more digestible than Ego Homini Lupus, but also possibly slightly less ambitious. Her writing style remains really confident and beautiful.
I was a severely mentally ill teenager growing up, so I found the characters engaging, relatable and I felt very deeply for them.
I wish a few things that were established in this were expanded upon a bit more. Overall I very much appreciated the length of this Novella, but if it had been twice the length I would've been at least equally as happy with it.
Based on other reviews I've see I'd like to say that this very much feels like a work by an Evangelion fan for Evangelion fans and you get the most out of it having previously consumed that franchise.
I've noticed with Felker-Martin's work that I want to re-read them as soon as I finish them (even though they are very upsetting) and if there are ever going to physical copies available I'd 100% purchase them so I can annotate and really fully analyse the work.
pushing Evangelion to the extreme logical conclusion, eviscerating everything in its process. very painful to read, but very compelling, too
adventurous
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
If I'm going to read about teenagers, I want it to be like how they are here - absolutely miserable, overwhelmed with self loathing and angst. Gretchen Felker-Martin is so great at creating the most oppressive atmosphere in her writing, you know everyone is doomed and nothing good will happen, but still you get attached to the characters because what else can you do? Another thing is that I really appreciate the way bodies are described. I loved the way Leah's body is talked about, but it probably would make not-fat people uncomfortable, because they don't have any experience living in a body like that and might think the author is being shitty, but she's not. That's just what it's like being fat, that's just how our bodies are. Anyway, read this and let it make you uncomfortable and then buy everything else Gretchen puts out.