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booksthatburn's review against another edition
The backstory involves a deal with hell and also aliens, then (at least in the first fifth of the book) it's a contemporary story about a trans kid who has run away from home, with hints of what feels like a slow burn sapphic romance. To me, it feels like the skipped the (extremely interesting) hell story, involves the most mundane bits possible on the alien story, and I'm not in the right headspace for a transphobia story. The combination as a whole doesn't fit what I want to read right now, so I stopped. I only tried reading it because of the Hugo nomination, since the description alone was enough to tell me this probably wasn't going to be a book I'd like.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Alcohol, Drug use, Sexual content, and Transphobia
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Excrement, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse
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