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A review by dreareads_
Rosebud by Paul Cornell
3.0
I THINK this is a 3.75 star book but I’m not sure. It’s good, I love the nonlinear storytelling, and the anti capitalist message was presented well. I love weird, I love scifi, I love a good message, and I love creativity. But there’s something about this story that does not reach the highs it could.
It’s the characters I’m having a bit of problem with, in that this form of storytelling does not allow for in-depth exploration.
- I was also not a big fan of the balloon being a right wing troll? I'm confused by the message the author is trying to present with that one in particular.
I am also unsure if it was necessary to explicitly show us the murder of a trans woman . I understand the impact it is meant to have, but it leaves a bad taste in your mouth when it is the ONLY instance of graphic violence on page.
Also, it was missing the humor that is so key to stories like Hitchhikers Guide. It has the weird, but it could’ve gone further with the funny.
TW: Transphobia (death of trans character), murder, death, torture, incarceration, homophobia, slavery, violence, gaslighting.
It’s the characters I’m having a bit of problem with, in that this form of storytelling does not allow for in-depth exploration.
- I was also not a big fan of the balloon being a right wing troll? I'm confused by the message the author is trying to present with that one in particular.
I am also unsure if it was necessary to explicitly show us the murder of a trans woman . I understand the impact it is meant to have, but it leaves a bad taste in your mouth when it is the ONLY instance of graphic violence on page.
Also, it was missing the humor that is so key to stories like Hitchhikers Guide. It has the weird, but it could’ve gone further with the funny.
TW: Transphobia (death of trans character), murder, death, torture, incarceration, homophobia, slavery, violence, gaslighting.