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themermaddie 's review for:
No Gods, No Monsters
by Cadwell Turnbull
4.5 stars
absolutely stunning. this is an urban fantasy about humanity being confronted with the existence of monsters, but is also very much an allegory for the current state of the world and the way marginalised communities are treated. this book is both political and driven to explore all the nuances of human fear and love, and it's absolutely a book that deserves to be reread in further depth. there is just so much going on here that i know i've missed some things on the first read.
the prose is literary and so poetic, it's gripping and just straight up beautiful. the narration style feels like a trance, and every time the mysterious narrator made a reappearance it YANKED me back into the present day which was just so well done and very cool. the NARRATOR, man. what an insanely fascinating choice of pov.
there are a ton of time jumps and flashbacks and SO many characters it can get a little confusing at times, but i really enjoyed how this made the whole world feel so much more fleshed out. there are so many moving parts and i think it was executed well. it's very much a Trust-the-process style of storytelling, i had to just have faith that the story would reveal only as much as i needed to know.
overall, i loved the world and the different creature factions and the way all these characters' stories eventually slotted together. this monster version of the world was so fascinating and i liked all the different approaches and discourses, i thought it was a bit of fun speculative fiction. i loved all the queer poc rep, it made my little heart happy, and i liked the way the rotating povs informed the next parts of the story.
if you liked nk jemisin's The City We Became, i think you'd like this one too :)
absolutely stunning. this is an urban fantasy about humanity being confronted with the existence of monsters, but is also very much an allegory for the current state of the world and the way marginalised communities are treated. this book is both political and driven to explore all the nuances of human fear and love, and it's absolutely a book that deserves to be reread in further depth. there is just so much going on here that i know i've missed some things on the first read.
the prose is literary and so poetic, it's gripping and just straight up beautiful. the narration style feels like a trance, and every time the mysterious narrator made a reappearance it YANKED me back into the present day which was just so well done and very cool. the NARRATOR, man. what an insanely fascinating choice of pov.
there are a ton of time jumps and flashbacks and SO many characters it can get a little confusing at times, but i really enjoyed how this made the whole world feel so much more fleshed out. there are so many moving parts and i think it was executed well. it's very much a Trust-the-process style of storytelling, i had to just have faith that the story would reveal only as much as i needed to know.
overall, i loved the world and the different creature factions and the way all these characters' stories eventually slotted together. this monster version of the world was so fascinating and i liked all the different approaches and discourses, i thought it was a bit of fun speculative fiction. i loved all the queer poc rep, it made my little heart happy, and i liked the way the rotating povs informed the next parts of the story.
if you liked nk jemisin's The City We Became, i think you'd like this one too :)