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3.51 AVERAGE
3.51 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This edition is 2 stories
The Beauty
And
Peace, Pipe
The second story was just as interesting as the first. Sci fi based, about language and misunderstanding.
Tied in well with the first story which also had elements of this problem.
The Beauty
And
Peace, Pipe
The second story was just as interesting as the first. Sci fi based, about language and misunderstanding.
Tied in well with the first story which also had elements of this problem.
dark
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I notice I've been reading a lot of "what if women" books lately. What if women developed a power in their bodies? What if women ruled over a matriarchal society? What if women slowly started to become invisible to everyone around them?
This year I vowed to read only female authors and so far, there's been a trend - stories as tools or canvases to show how we can change society for the better, how far we can further fall, and how things wouldn't be better if roles were swapped.
This book also falls in the "what if women" category, but it is by far the most bonkers of all the stories I read. What if all women die from a fungal disease and kind of sort of come back as mushroom creatures to feel loved again? To repopulate this rapidly declining world? And by doing so, completely changing the roles and bodies of men.
I'm still trying to process everything, but this is a very interesting tale of how beauty, societal expectations, and male violence can kill and manifest into something unmanageable, unfathomable.
This year I vowed to read only female authors and so far, there's been a trend - stories as tools or canvases to show how we can change society for the better, how far we can further fall, and how things wouldn't be better if roles were swapped.
This book also falls in the "what if women" category, but it is by far the most bonkers of all the stories I read. What if all women die from a fungal disease and kind of sort of come back as mushroom creatures to feel loved again? To repopulate this rapidly declining world? And by doing so, completely changing the roles and bodies of men.
I'm still trying to process everything, but this is a very interesting tale of how beauty, societal expectations, and male violence can kill and manifest into something unmanageable, unfathomable.
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
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:
No
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Gore, Blood, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death
Moderate: Sexual content, Death of parent
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
After very long and hard pondering following some fruitless research to establish whether this is supposed to be a genuine outlook on gender roles in society as well as implication of several elements of what could be seen as parallels and metaphors in regards to transgender identity OR merely a caricature of the latter, I personally settled upon not dwelling further into the meaning of the entire icky... sticky... mess. I guess the story sells itself to be exactly what it is: simply WEIRD. My final conclusion will have to be that, PERSONALLY, this book isn't for me. But whatever tickles your fungussy 🙄
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark