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Finna by Nino Cipri

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dreareads_'s review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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

4.5

This was a fun short queer multiversal critique of capitalism that its hard to not enjoy.

This book was so freaking funny, especially in the way it presented the goofiness of a furniture store with profit as its main goal. At times it was ridiculous but in a very endearing way. Our two characters were lovely and the love and hurt between them came through the page.

I love that this takes place in a future version of Ikea and uses the mundane store concept to make t the perfect place for wormholes to appear. Ironically, I wanted to spend more time with the 'Ikea' corporate system just to experience more of their banality and subtle evilness. To me the story loses focus and what makes it special the moment we travel to different multiverses that are a little TOO different from the evils of capitalism. I kind of wish we had had more worlds that were representative of the different way capitalism can ruin us all.

The book also loses its thread during the third act. It felt very much "blue beam at the end of an MCU movie" and some of the character choices were not very clear. I do not mind an open ending, but there were decisions made by characters (the grandma) that simply did not make sense.

Overall a fun time that I think most people would really enjoy!

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abookwormspov's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful tense 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? Yes

4.75

This is a novella and is fast paced, but didn’t feel overly rushed to me and had lots of action and room for character development. The story delves into Ava’s anxiety and Jules’ neurodivergence and how these aspects affected their relationship and leads to some great conversations and internal monologues on these points. We get to see a few unique worlds full of cool sci-fi bits, lots of humorous moments, and an emotional ending that did make me cry (as a disclaimer though that’s not exactly hard to do).

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placeholder13's review against another edition

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adventurous reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

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carbs666's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

I'm rly behind on my review so trying to keep them short and snappy!

LOVED this book! It was originally a play which explains why it gives you just enough background and the plot clips along beautifully. Loved this gay, trans, AU Ikea interdimensional adventure SO MUCH truly cannot recommend it enough.

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palmkd's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.5

I immensely enjoyed this novella. The description promises "a bouncing sense of humor and a commitment to the strange" and it delivers!

Imagine you're in an IKEA-esque store, but really just the showroom style part of it. It's confusing and easy to get lost in the cookie cutter yet ridiculously themed rooms. Now imagine you work there and someone has gone missing, and you, low-wage worker with no seniority, are responsible for finding the lost guest. Let chaos and scifi hijinks ensue!

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