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Controversial Bodies: Thoughts on the Public Display of Plastinated Corpses by

3.5

The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Omnibus, Book 4 by Eiji Otsuka

3.5

Private Rites by Julia Armfield

3.5

Abolish Rent by Leonardo Vilchis, Tracy Rosenthal

4.5

a really informative and accessible read that breaks down just how bad the housing situation is for the majority of people and how ordinary people are taking back their living spaces from a system that wants us to suffer in the name of profit. i was happy to see how inclusive this was, especially when it came to our unhoused neighbors, and it really gave me a lot to chew on. i borrowed this from my library, but it may be one i end up picking up myself to read over again and mark up! 

We Only Find Them When They're Dead, Book One: The Seeker by Al Ewing

1.5

viscerally hated the art in this. the characters have very little in terms of personality or story and the motives behind everything are shrouded in secret until the very end, making for a confusing read. adding to that confusion is the constant time hopping and how every page is soaked in neon lighting effects that obscure the art. this could have been such a cool concept but instead pivoted to focusing on family drama that was ultimately incredibly bland and uninteresting. we barely got anything about the "gods" (what are they? why are they called that? why the hell are we harvesting their meat for food? why do they look like every other character in this comic with the same awful pouty lips that can only make two or three expressions at best?) and that's the only unique idea this comic had. the dialogue also really dragged everything down, especially cause half the script is just repeating the same phrases over and over again. Just a real slog of a read despite being pretty short. 

My Voice Is My Weapon: Music, Nationalism, and the Poetics of Palestinian Resistance by David A. McDonald
Did not finish book. Stopped at 5%.

soft dnf, will return to later

The Best of World SF: Volume 3 by Lavie Tidhar
Did not finish book. Stopped at 14%.

just rlly not in the mindset for these rn

Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed

5.0

Ocultos by Laura Pérez

4.0

another really interesting comic from laura perez. this one actually reminded me quite a bit of PTSD Radio, though it's not nearly as heavy on horror. instead it's more lightly creepy, and it makes no effort to give any definitive answers or reasons behind the stories it shows. it's not even entirely clear how they all connect. i'm not sure i entirely "got" everything here, but i really enjoyed it and will continue to happily pick up perez's work.

Feast While You Can by Onjuli Datta, Mikaella Clements

2.5

unfortunately this one didn't really work for me. I think a lot of it had to do with me not particularly caring for the main character, Angelina, nor for the main relationship. I felt like if we had the POV of either Jagvi or the monster that this would have been a much more interesting read! tbh the ending made me quite sad and I don't think that's meant to be the case. it didn't get as weird as I wanted it to, and the sex scenes were pretty lackluster for my tastes. the climactic ending fell completely flat for me to the point where this morning I had to keep reminding myself that I did, indeed, finish this book. 

I appreciated Jagvi's butchness and loooooved that she wore a packer and that was discussed! she was ultimately sooooooo much more interesting than Angelina and would have made for such a cool POV! and in the end I felt like she was done kinda dirty so I left disappointed. I loved so much about the monster until the ending where more is revealed, and this had me pining for a book like Leech where we're in the head of a creature with non-human desires. this had potential, but it fell flat in both the romance and horror categories, which is a real shame.