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Dead Collections by Isaac Fellman

34 reviews

eegekay's review against another edition

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emotional reflective 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

4.5

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imrereads's review against another edition

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emotional funny reflective 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

4.5

I absolutely loved this very queer, very trans story about Sol, a vampire archivist, and  Elsie, a larger-than-life widow, who donated her late wife's paper. Full of great conversations on queerness, gender identity and expression, vampirism as a chronic illness, fandom, and archivism, this was just all over a great time for me. Often it also felt like a love letter of sorts to bigger bodies, queer bodies, trans bodies. I was sold from page one!
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mjwhitlock18's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective
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3.5

I’m not sure that I knew what I was getting into with this book, and I’m still not entirely sure where I stand on it. It is ultimately a vampire story that explores gender, sexuality, identity, fandom, and the archiving of lives and ephemera. It feels more like a true autobiography than fiction. It’s raw, tangled, and at times disjointed. This queer Jewish trans male vampire meets and has a fast burning relationships with a bisexual widow, as he is archiving her dead wife’s belongings. I’m not sure that I support the romance, as it feels not entirely healthy, but I’m also not sure if I’m supposed to as a reader. This book is light on plot, heavy on dialogue and metaphors, and mostly about relationships and people figuring their shit out. Overall, it’s spooky, queer, and weird, and if that’s your vibe, give it a shot. 
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dananana's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective
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  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

 i absolutely loved loved loved this 💙🤍💖 
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bookishvicky's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced
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  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I went into this expecting a campy vampire romance in an archival setting and instead got a beautiful metaphor about bodies and memory and connection and otherness. While I’m certainly not one to say I understand Sol’s plight (as a cis bi woman who is unfortunately not a vampire), I feel as though I was reading someone’s memoir instead of fiction, and felt connected to the inclusion of early slasher fics and what they meant in the grand scheme of fandom and author identity, how we use these stories to better understand our own. It made me feel very human, and more aware of myself. Truly an amazing read—one of those rare books that’ll make you feel just so, so deeply.  Beautiful prose, wonderful experimental formatting, and a gorgeous cover to boot. 
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indeed_distract's review against another edition

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funny mysterious reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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woweewhoa's review against another edition

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reflective medium-paced
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  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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mainstbooksmonroe's review against another edition

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hopeful reflective slow-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

3.5

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ryssabean's review against another edition

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emotional reflective tense slow-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? Yes

3.75

this book appears deeply personal for the author and other trans and non-binary folks and i appreciate that a lot. i think that the author’s youth does show a lot in this novel. not that everything needs to be mature, and i think that, in living queer, “maturing” happens differently, but as other reviewers have said, for middle-aged characters, there is not a lot of that “middle-aged” fan vibe. i do appreciate the relationships with and between different characters. it was a bummer that the plot and mystery were a set-dressing for introspection and character self-discovery in their entirety (it seemed to me), but i can appreciate the characters’ movements in any direction. 
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coyodie's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced
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  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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