A review by michela_wilson
Soft Science by Franny Choi

emotional inspiring fast-paced

5.0

This is the queer/cyborg poetry collection of your dreams.

I have not read a lot of poetry collections since graduating, but this one got me back into my poetry phase. A Turing Test becoming poetry was something I was not expecting to read, but I am so glad that I did! 

The exploration of the similarities between cyborgs and those who are queer is fascinating, to say the least. There is always the idea that you have to constantly prove yourself as being "human enough" for the people around you (particularly straight-cis folks). I also connected to this line of thought as a bi woman. There is the idea of never being good enough for your peers (or never being gay/straight enough) that I was reminded of upon reading this collection. 

If you want to get into poetry and haven't yet? This is the collection for you.

Did you love Detroit: Become Human? This is the collection for you.

Are you a big sci-fi reader and want to see the genre in a new form?  This is the collection for you.