For the most part, this is a nice little book about two mostly lovely people riding bikes around Cornwall to prove some manly men wrong.
Tag: queer fiction
Book Review: The World and All That It Holds by Aleksandar Hemon
This is some real trauma porn. It’s got Jewish trauma, gay trauma, war trauma, refugee trauma, drug abuse trauma, just trauma for days. Or decades, really, since the book spans more than 30 years and then has a 21st century epilogue.
Book Review: Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger
There’s not one big thing that makes this story of a young woman who can summon ghosts a good book. It’s a lot of little things.
Book Review: A Botanical Daughter by Noah Medlock
As you might have guessed from the title, A Botanical Daughter by Noah Medlock is about Frankensteining up a monster out of plants and mushrooms.
Book Review: Projections by S.E. Porter
Projections is too long. And the weird thing is, every scene does serve to either reveal something about the characters or advance the story in some way, but it still feels like it drags on.
Tropetacular: Cross-Dressing Heroines
For this second edition of Tropetacular, I would like to talk about a lifelong favorite trope of mine, which can unfortunately have some very problematic permutations.
The Best Books I Read in 2021
I read so many books in 2021! While some failed to wow me, most ranged from pretty good to amazing. It was honestly a great year for books, in my opinion.
Book Review: Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
At its heart, Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune is a redemption story. And while I can’t say that the main character Wallace was unworthy of redemption, I started the book in serious doubts as to whether I wanted to spend hundreds of pages watching him earn that redemption.
Book Review: A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark
You may recall that this novel was on my list of books I was looking forward to in 2021. I am happy to say that A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark does not disappoint. In fact, it even managed to exceed my expectations.
Book Review: Defekt by Nino Cipri
Despite being about a corporate dystopia only slightly removed from our own reality, Defekt is a strangely hopeful book.