Take a photo of a barcode or cover
4.1 AVERAGE
4.1 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
hopeful
mysterious
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:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia, Transphobia, Violence, Murder, Dysphoria
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Outing
Minor: Medical content
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
eARC received through Netgalley.
Wow. Wow wow wow. This was amazing! Old Wounds by Logan-Ashley Kisner is one hell of a book and I enjoyed every bit of it. This has the perfect Midwestern/southern atmosphere and stunning writing and prose. These characters are to die for as well, Max and Erin are definitely two more favorite trans characters of which I will look up to. As a transmasc 18yo myself, I saw a lot of myself in the way these character held themselves, talked, and experienced things around them. I'm glad there are books like this coming out nowadays for the trans youth to come. This book also gave me big Andrew Joseph White vibes (author of Hell Followed With Us, Compound Fracture, and The Spirit Bares Its Teeth) and as a huge AJW fan this was a bonus. I will absolutely be picking up whatever this author writes in the future!
Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC.
Wow. Wow wow wow. This was amazing! Old Wounds by Logan-Ashley Kisner is one hell of a book and I enjoyed every bit of it. This has the perfect Midwestern/southern atmosphere and stunning writing and prose. These characters are to die for as well, Max and Erin are definitely two more favorite trans characters of which I will look up to. As a transmasc 18yo myself, I saw a lot of myself in the way these character held themselves, talked, and experienced things around them. I'm glad there are books like this coming out nowadays for the trans youth to come. This book also gave me big Andrew Joseph White vibes (author of Hell Followed With Us, Compound Fracture, and The Spirit Bares Its Teeth) and as a huge AJW fan this was a bonus. I will absolutely be picking up whatever this author writes in the future!
Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC.
adventurous
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was an interesting book and one worth the read. The struggles that trans people face is real, and this book highlighted just a few of them. I don’t think that any book anywhere will ever be able to do justice to the injustices that they face, but this book sure tries. The part that didn’t work so well for me was the pacing in the beginning. I felt like I was reading a slow paced, gothic horror, and couldn’t understand why everyone was raving about how fast paced and amazing it was. But I was determined to keep going, so I set it down and picked it back up later, what do you know about 10% later in the book, it was almost as if a switch had been flicked and I was reading a whole new book. Things took off and I was hooked! This was about the 50% mark of the book, and at this point I didn’t want to put it down. I loved reading about the monster, and everything Max and Erin were faced with. The ending was also great and I just loved it. I wish that the beginning would have been reduced by about 25% or more so it wouldn’t have felt like such a slog. I wanted the whole book to have the pacing that the second half did, had it been that way this would have been a knockout of the park for me.
Thank you to @delacortepress @getunderlined and @netgalley for the e-arc. All thoughts are my own and were not influenced by the gifted copy.
Thank you to @delacortepress @getunderlined and @netgalley for the e-arc. All thoughts are my own and were not influenced by the gifted copy.
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Transphobia, Violence
Moderate: Child abuse, Homophobia, Blood, Suicide attempt, Dysphoria
dark
hopeful
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes