A review by ashar_allaire
Zerostrata by Andersen Prunty

mysterious fast-paced
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I am rating this a 3 but not because I am middle ground about it. I absolutely adored the absurdity and mind bending elements of this book. What keeps this from being a favorite is how aware you are the whole time that this is being written by a man. The love interest has absolutely no personality or development, falls instantly in love with the main character, and is talked about consistently as a prize to be won and owned. It's the ultimate manic pixie dream girl narrative with no self awareness or subversion of the troupe. It also insists on staying ambiguous about her age even though it's brought up multiple times, which gave me the ick. This all dragged down what could have been something really special. 
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