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The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
3.5
from the reviews I think people understood this as taking place in the 1970s, this clearly does not take place then- that’s when the body gets dug up. the story itself takes place in the 1930s (1936 is mentioned in chapters 18, 20). Nate Love II dies in 1972, in the epilogue, the same year as the hurricane.
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the book is definitely worth more than what i’ve rated it but it felt like reading non-fiction and the writing style was tough for me to adjust to. wasn’t what i was promised but still good/compelling, just a hard read.
i would say expect more of a short story anthology w a very strong connecting thread rather than a novel & you’ll come out loving this book :-)
Foul Heart Huntsman by Chloe Gong
3.0
missing the that’s my wife!!!! content from the first book also i abhor when authors bring in old characters…. i know it’s the same universe i know it was going to happen but it fell so flat :-(
Gwen and Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher
4.0
then you haven’t known the triumphs and defeats, the epic highs and lows of being gay in maybe historical maybe fantasy romance england
The Death I Gave Him by Em X. Liu
2.0
sometimes when I read a retelling i am so excited about it because what is the author going to do? what is going to happen! it feels like reading a whole new work of fiction. this felt like horatio/hamelt AI fanfiction that was so predictable and boring I can't believe I finished it. seriously, what the fuck was up with hayden (hamlet) and horatio mind fucking? completely irrelevant to the plot the first time it happened and like. why are y'all fucking in this situation what the fuck? it was billed as lgbt and just really wasn't, sorry. an AI identifying as male does not make an lgbt book! I'm going to rewatch the Lion King because at least that has ghosts.
Out by Natsuo Kirino
Did not finish book. Stopped at 19%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 19%.
i think it’s a fault in translation tbh :-(
Happy Hour by Marlowe Granados
4.0
i don’t want!!! you to have feelings!!!!! about my feelings!!!!!!