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227 reviews

Fugue State by Brian Evenson

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

definitely feel like i enjoy where evenson's writing is at now in the 2010s/2020s more than older work, but it was fun nonetheless.

stories i liked:

• mudder tongue
• an accounting
• wander
• alfons kuylers
• fugue state

Secondhand Daylight by Andrew Hook, Eugen Bacon

adventurous funny sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Wilder: Poems by Claire Wahmanholm

adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5

Many Worlds: Or, the Simulacra by Cadwell Turnbull, Josh Eure

adventurous dark funny inspiring mysterious sad fast-paced

• 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

awesome collection of stories, i enjoyed all of them and there were definitely a few big favs that really shook me. 

Indexical Elegies by Jon Paul Fiorentino

2.0

Space Invaders by Nona Fernández

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Wide Slumber for Lepidopterists by Angela Rawlings

challenging mysterious reflective fast-paced

4.0

Ghost by Alan Lightman

emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Duplex by Kathryn Davis

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

she does it again, davis continues to confuse the hell out of me in ways i love. ugh her writing really just flows like a river, i read the second half of this in one evening because i had to know how all these lives would go. i think mary's last chapter was my favorite part.

Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman

lighthearted reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5

fun little read - finished it in a day. lots of cool little scenarios about time.