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A review by moonyreadsbystarlight
Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I read 20 pages of this yesterday and the other 320 today. Holy shit! Definitely one you won't want to put down. I am obsessed with the setting and how perfect of a role it played and the fact that such incredible (often overlooked) history was integral to it. The queer rep was great, particularly because of the nuanced conversions that were happening. I also don't think I've ever felt so seen by autistic rep in a fiction book. I really appreciate the overt discussion of politics and community was in this as well.
I can't beleive it's taken me this long to read Andrew Joseph White but I am so excited that there are at least two others to read (also a little scared if this is the least supernatural and horror of the bunch as some people have said... but scared in a good way!)
I can't beleive it's taken me this long to read Andrew Joseph White but I am so excited that there are at least two others to read (also a little scared if this is the least supernatural and horror of the bunch as some people have said... but scared in a good way!)
Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Deadnaming, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Torture, Transphobia, Blood, Police brutality, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Mental illness, Pedophilia, Racism, Grief, Medical trauma, and Death of parent
Minor: Rape
Re dogs: the main dog does not get hurt but a different dog is killer brutally before the start of the story and it is discussed several times.
While no one is actively dealing with cancer/sickness, there are lots of references to black lung and other illnesses as the result of coal mining