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A review by necro_mance
Reincarnation Blues by Michael Poore
Did not finish book. Stopped at 87%.
The whole time I kept thinking it was badly written but there were some interesting ideas so I pushed on. It was very clearly a white guy writing about a religion and culture he was only slightly familiar with. There was the fact every life he lived had a "sexy teen" story, was almost always white except when he needed to virtue signal and just randomly and without warning sexual assault might happen.
The final straw was in life where it all sexy naked teenagers on a distant planet and one of the upper class refer to the all white as "moon n-words" hard R. I looked up the author, he is so very middle aged and white.
Suzie, aka death, has no characterization other being into The Coolest Guy Ever™️ main character, Milo.
Terry Pratchett was glib but it worked because there was a lot of heart with his characters and in his writing in general. Michael Poore is no Terry Pratchett
The final straw was in life where it all sexy naked teenagers on a distant planet and one of the upper class refer to the all white as "moon n-words" hard R. I looked up the author, he is so very middle aged and white.
Suzie, aka death, has no characterization other being into The Coolest Guy Ever™️ main character, Milo.
Terry Pratchett was glib but it worked because there was a lot of heart with his characters and in his writing in general. Michael Poore is no Terry Pratchett
Content Warnings
Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Pedophilia
Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Child death, Animal death, Body horror, Car accident, Classism, Death, and Adult/minor relationship