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Defekt by Nino Cipri
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Very fun and intriguing. Would love more books in this series. Didn't love this one as much as Finna, but it was still very good and I would still recommend it for sure.
Sheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
I adore this world that Darcie Little Badger has created. This novel didn't blow me away quite as much as Elatsoe, and it got kind of bogged down in the middle section, but I loved the characters and the way the story played out. Shane's Lipan culture is integrated beautifully, including with a supporting cast full of characters with different relationships to their Lipan heritage. I spent much of the book waiting for the mammoths to appear and was thrilled when they did. The grandpa and the supporting sapphics were highlights for me (for very different reasons). I will read anything Darcie Little Badger writes.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment
Moderate: Death, Racism, Grief, Death of parent, Colonisation
Shark Heart: A Love Story by Emily Habeck
Did not finish book. Stopped at 8%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 8%.
Very good and weird so far but gave me a panic attack so I’m going to return to it when I’m in a better place for the content.
A Mirror Mended by Alix E. Harrow
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I enjoyed this about as much as the first one. Once again the gay parts were a highlight. I loved what Harrow did with the fairytale matrix in this one more than the first, but I wish we'd spend more time with literally any of the relationships.
Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This book was so strange and so chronically online and referential is absolutely the best ways. I have never read anything quite like it and now I’m desperate to. The moment when everything starts coming together (around the 73% mark) and the moment when everything comes together fully (around the 90% mark) were SO SATISFYING. Aaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder
Paradise Rot by Jenny Hval
3.5
Very strange. Had some issues with certain aspects and really enjoyed others. The piss motif did NOT work for me. Loved the ending.
A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Fun Sleeping Beauty reimagining. Loved the lesbians. Pretty good handling of terminal illness. Would highly recommend to fans of Inkheart.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Terminal illness
Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Classism
Finna by Nino Cipri
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
This was so strange and I liked it a lot. Interdimensional IKEA is such a wild idea, and this story had a lot of heart within the wildness. Excited to see what else Nino Cipri does with this setting.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Blood
Moderate: Death, Transphobia
Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I can’t believe I waited this long to read this book, but I’m also very glad that I won’t have to wait very long for the sequel. This was so much fun. Xiran Jay Zhao perfectly combines Chinese history, scifi chaos, and feminist rage into a compulsively readable novel. It is also exactly what is says it’s going to be, and this is so rare that I have to give Zhao and their team massive credit for that.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, Sexual harassment
Moderate: Racism, Rape, Xenophobia