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Rifqa by Mohammed El-Kurd
5.0
there is no room for neutrality. there is no fence to straddle, middle of the road, both sides argument to make. humanity seeks the immediate and permanent liberation of palestine, the dissolution of the israeli settler colony, and the end of western imperialism and colonialism across the globe. god willing, in my lifetime i will see a free palestine, a right to return, and israel alongside the global west will be held accountable for their war crimes. for rifqa. for mohammaed. for hind. for sidra. for refaat. for 12 universities. for 97 journalists. for over 34,000 palestinians. for the enduring culture, hope, faith, and dreams of palestine that israel has never been able to crush.
The Hole by Pyun Hye-young
4.0
little compares the nauseating dread and tension of that last 60 pages. a theme i've noticed in korean literary fiction and horror is the subtle but overarching theme of the lack of woman's identity. oghi never says his wife's name, she is always his wife and his mother-in-law is much the same. oghi's complete failure to communicate with his wife while she was alive vs his physical inability to communicate with anyone post accident is a telling parallel. and while we get the sense that oghi isn't the most worthy cause of empathy as his story unfolds, perhaps the sheer level of trauma done unto him is excessive for what he's being held accountable for.
Type X by M.A. Phipps
Did not finish book.
Did not finish book.
dnf at 10%. i already wasn’t into the first book of the trilogy, to the point where i struggled to read it, so i really should have known better than to start the next one. that’s on me. i am a m.a. phipps lover but the project w.a.r. trilogy just didn’t work for me. pleaaaaase if you’re interested in this series, keep going! keep reading it! it just so happens that this was not for me, BUT phipps’s origin prophecy trilogy was! so if this series ain’t working for you, try that one instead!
Assembly by Natasha Brown
5.0
assimilating. metastasizing. enough micro-aggressions can unmake a person. when will they have given enough?
Life Ceremony by Sayaka Murata
4.0
wouldn’t it be nice if we could all belong somewhere when we wanted to without seeking permission or validation from others
Concrete Island by J.G. Ballard
3.0
it was such a strong concept that personally means so much to me and such a promising start that the 2nd act of the book being a let down was a just horrible blow to my morale
The Crane Husband by Kelly Barnhill
5.0
if i find the right string and pull hard enough could i prevent the exploitation of women at men’s hands? if i pulled hard enough could i undo all the violence? or should i weave a new story, writing my own future?
Nod by Adrian Barnes
4.0
idk man probably the most original concept ive ever read. but a shocking use of a racial slur by the coherent mentally stable narrator AND repeated fatphobia were a disappointment. what purpose to the plot did it serve to have the narrator, or you the author, use a racial slur and fatphobia?
We Had to Remove This Post by Hanna Bervoets
5.0
jesus fucking christ what just happened. i need you to know this book is horrible. it’s disgusting, it’s cruel, it’s gruesome, and wildly offensive… and it’s meant to be cause it’s call a criticism of those things. but it doesn’t change the jarring horrific nature of what i just read.