Zee (he/they)
This was absolutely amazing. I am always so thankful for accessible non-fiction writing. This was intelligent without needing to be pedantic or overly academic, and I am very thankful for it.
I am so happy to have had the pleasure of reading it, and want everyone to read it too. Read this if you're queer. Read this if you consider yourself an ally. If you're homophobic, maybe read something else first and then read this.
Aaaaah, I love it when my library places unexpected gems in my life! What a wonderful freaking book. Ah! I want more!!!
(3,5) Is it ok to admit I was swayed by the afterword?
Still getting used to the audio format.
I want everyone to read this. What a wonderful read. I cried many tears, felt so seen, and so encouraged to continue to learn and fight back!
Please read this. If you love a disabled person, read this. If you care for justice, read this. If you're seeing this, read this book.
(2.5) In my quest to find contemporary fiction I enjoy, I tried a romantic comedy with a supernatural twist.
A cute book, but I can now officially exclude romantic comedies from the genres I enjoy reading. I had to stop at p.200 to take some notes to vent my frustrations with this book. Turned it into a list of pro's and con's:
Everyone around me was disappointed by this, which means my expectations were pretty low, and I liked it a lot more than I thought I would.
Very cute, but minus points for the WOC side-character that was completely superficial, seemed to be a servant (?!), and was so shallow that her hair colour changed by the end of the book for no apparent reason...
(3.5) Wish this was more fleshed out.
At first I thought the little snippets of real world AI-news were a bit out of place, like if you're gonna work on these themes, just put them into your story instead of putting them on a pre-explained platter. But then it kinda worked for me. This was nice.
This is not the right genre for me. I suspected this going in, but still wanted to give it a try.
(2,5) I feel like the bones of a great book are here, but unfortunately they are the bones of a decomposing corpse. A shame, cause I enjoyed the vibe of this overall, but it feels like the author had a great idea, wrote it down, and then stopped there :( This missed refinement, it missed depth, and worst of all, it missed having a strong conclusion of all the big themes it brought up.
