Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Queens of Noise by Leigh Harlen

1 review

keegan_leech's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

5.0

Wow, this was such a charming, wonderful, fun story. Absolutely great. Highly recommended. Go read it! More than anything else, the characters are genuine, well-written, and a joy to encounter.

The story is not very complex and that's fine. It's a novella which already includes several separate sub-plots; for each of them to be satisfyingly resolved within the space of the novella requires that they're relatively straightforward. The real joy here is getting to spend time with the characters.

Queens of Noise includes some of the best-written queer characters I've ever read. I can't over-estimate just how much they feel like people I might actually meet at a local queer event or in the pit at a punk show. If for nothing else, the book is worth reading just to get to hang out with Mixi and their crew of queer, punk misfits. What better fun could you ask for than queer romance, punk music, lycantrhopy, witchcraft, and a battle of the bands?!

(Also, I think its very funny that the Mangy Rats are a literal band of were-coyotes.)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Dysphoria

The animal cruelty is the most likely to be upsetting, although

the animals are basically all shape-shifters, possessed, or otherwise not just regular animals

. I've also tagged for moderate dysphoria, because of a short conversation between two characters (both trans) about their own feelings and relationships. I thought it was very well written, and an example of very good representation. I am cis though, so YMMV.