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Tomorrow is tomorrow. Over there is over there. And here and now is not a bad place and time to be, especially when so much of the unknown is beautiful. (pg 186)

Light from Uncommon Stars was both mundane and magical. It was like an episode of Doctor Who or Good Omens. It was bizarre.

Maybe this is silly but I don’t get why specific car types were mentioned more than once? I don’t see how those details were central to the story, besides what car Shazuki drives 😂 but I’m not a car person so idk

CW: sexual assault, transphobia (deadnaming, death threats, misgendering, sexual harassment, etc), physical abuse, homophobia, racism, sex work

This is the song of a queer kid who escapes from a window to a sidewalk in the middle of the night. This is the song of a trans girl just wanting a fucking bathroom in the middle of the day.
So what if you don't understand? So what if you think I'm a half-woman freak.
This is my song. My voice. My voice leads. (pg 338)

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thebooktender's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring 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

savannahthomaswvu's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful medium-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? Yes

4.0

danimal_crackers's review against another edition

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Beautiful, but bizarre.

Found the homeless storyline and resortion to prostitution haunting and triggering.

No disrespect to the author, this is an amazing piece of fiction, it just is not for me.

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bluejaybooks's review against another edition

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This book tries to do a lot and mixes a lot of genre elements. I feel like this will work well for some people, but be too much for others. Personally I enjoyed it, but it was occasionally hard to see the connection between aliens, deals with the devil, and real-world modern prejudice. Part of me did wonder if maybe the alien part could have been left out, but it all came together nicely in the end.

Honestly, the part that bothered me the most was that the characters fed donuts to ducks and fish. I'm pretty sure they shouldn't eat those. But at least these were made using alien replication technology instead of flour? Not sure it makes a difference . . .

But again, I felt this book was an overall good read and has a definite charm.

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