A review by anxiousnachos
The Circus Infinite by Khan Wong

dark tense slow-paced

4.0

The Circus Infinite is the next in the line of books thoroughly convincing me Angry Robot is the best scifi publisher right now. This has a bit of a slow start for me that I struggled to get into (though that may also be down to the fact my brain is totally fucked right now) but it well and truly made up for it with the incredible found family rep, that I think went well beyond how this trope is usually used in books. Found family and community and interconnectedness felt like it was used as a concept to built this world around, it was embedded in aspects of the worldbuilding, embedded in the events and experiences the main character went through, and it just really elevated that trope for me and made for some very beautiful moments. The ace rep is also absolutely fantastic. 

Content warnings: forced medical procedure, medical experimentation, medical trauma, confinement, abusive parents, death, animal cruelty, sex work, violence, indoctrination techniques, blood and gore, torture, suicide, murder, xenophobia, sexual harassment
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