shane_the_reading_rat's reviews
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if nobodys got me i know terpsichore berkenbosch-jones has got me ayyyy tism buddies

for most of this, i was really enjoying the story. its a banger !! the ending was a big fumble for me at least though,

it just doesn’t make sense to me that what Sol would do is run for HOA president and join the cult. the story did not make her out to be someone who would do that. and three months later shes just totally all-in on the cult??? i do not buy it.

finally finished the trilogy!!! amazing end and i love this story so dearly. aaron my beloved roe my beloved lily my beloved i love them all

this is definitely good, and the writing style is lovely, but many of the chapters felt disconnected and disjointed from the rest, much more like just little blips from each characters life rather than a full continual narrative. liked it, but i think others will like it more

i really liked this!! medical fantasy is kind of rare but i adore it every time i read it. the narrative/timeline of this was a little confusing, and i wouldve loved if it were longer, but im incredibly excited to read whatever naseem jamnia writes in the future :D

honestly. i think reading memoirs of queer people leaving highly restrictive religions (or shifting to a less restrictive form) is helping me so much

(also fair warning, Israel is mentioned many times in this book (Sara Glass has family who live there, this book was written before oct. 7th and published after). there is an introduction/note from the author that makes it very clear that she wholeheartedly disapproves of the Palestinian genocide. ultimately i am not Palestinian so it is not my place to say whether that introduction is sufficient or not, but if you’d rather avoid this book for at least the time being because of that that is completely okay.)

sadly this feels like an extremely topical book given how the US elections went this year. the art communicated the emotions of this incredibly well, and i began tearing up at several different points
would highly recommend if you have any interest at all in graphic memoirs or history

genuinely such an informative book. i do wish that the intro had been a little shorter (nearly dnf’ed this because of of that, the intro chapters lasted over a hundred pages), but overall this is super cool :]

one thing in this book didn't age well (a JK Rowling quote), but overall im incredibly impressed by Janet Mock. only ended up picking this up to finish out a reading challenge and am incredibly glad i did.