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4.13 AVERAGE
4.13 AVERAGE
adventurous
reflective
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:
Complicated
La novella migliore da leggere a San Valentino (cosa capitata per caso).
Mi son ufficialmente innamorato di Torrey Peters.
Mi son ufficialmente innamorato di Torrey Peters.
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Such an intriguing premise. I wish we had a little more time to get oriented to the universe. Also, the timeline jumping around was disorienting, especially in the short span of a novella. I loved the last chapter though!!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Transphobia, Toxic friendship
Moderate: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Infertility, Infidelity, Religious bigotry, Outing, War
Brutal and beautiful. I think perhaps one of the best novellas I've ever read.
dark
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Though it bills itself as something of a 'transgender apocalypse' story, Infect Your Friends... is really a story about the relationship and lives of the messy trans women (which, at this point we can say is Peters' bread & butter as a storyteller) who cause said apocalypse. Steeped in the inside baseball of trans culture and the even more inside baseball of the insecurities many trans women hold about themselves (especially as early in transition as the characters are said to be), IYFALO manages to compress all the important points of its story into a fast-paced, if brief, novella.
“I sometimes think about my regret in the same way as I think about my closeted years. They are nothing alike, except for my desperate need to speak their truth, and my total inability to do so.”
gonna think abt this one for a little bit. t4t.
gonna think abt this one for a little bit. t4t.
an optimistic book written in the most pessimistic way? not a feel bad book but not a feel good book
emotional
funny
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
reflective
fast-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
Post-apocalyptic story written in out-of-chronological-order chunks, but in an order that logically unfurls the characters’ relationships and motivations. A good, quick read. CW for pandemic, violence, & some truly icky (to this vegetarian) images of dead pigs.