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L'Agneau égorgera le lion by Margaret Killjoy

inqueerer's review against another edition

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dark hopeful reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

sarabearian's review against another edition

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Danielle Cain recently lost her best friend, Clay, to suicide. She is headed to Freedom, Iowa, the last place he lived, to find out what happened. Turns out, all the residents of Freedom are punk anarchists and they're being protected by a red deer with three antlers (it's a demon, guys). Being a punk anarchist herself, Danielle likes the people in Freedom. But the demon has started targeting the residents... This novella is a quick punch to the gut. It packs suspense, magic, and anarchist politics into less than 150 pages. I look forward to reading more of Danielle Cain's adventures. – Mike M.

page_nothankyou's review against another edition

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adventurous sad tense fast-paced

3.5

lilly71490's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.75

redkat's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

nostalgia_reader's review against another edition

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4.0

When I first started this novella, I was fairly neutral towards the premise and the characters and everything about it.

But as I stuck with it, I started enjoying the world, the characters, and the eerily prescient parallels with society today. It was an excellent mixture of genres as well, with the underlying commentary not terribly heavy handed while rightfully fitting in with the plot. I do wish there was more opportunity to flesh (ha?) out the world building, but at the same time, part of the wonder/magic of urban fantasy/magic realism is not knowing why, just accepting that the world has always, forever been that way.

Definitely recommended for light horror or urban fantasy fans, especially those who love a diverse queer cast! I love the set up at the end
Spoilerdemon hunting Scooby gang!!!
and will be searching out the second book in the series.

(I read this in [b:In Our Own Worlds: Four LGBTQ+ Tor.com Novellas|39724296|In Our Own Worlds Four LGBTQ+ Tor.com Novellas|Margaret Killjoy|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1524330649l/39724296._SY75_.jpg|61405231].)

tapesreadsbooks's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

nalanson's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

heypretty52's review against another edition

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challenging dark medium-paced

4.75

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a_a_ron3891's review against another edition

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3.0

I saw this in one of TOR's promotional emails and searched it up because of its Iowa connection. I did not realize it was a novella so I finished it in one sitting. Pretty interesting characters and setting, and the author wastes no time establishing what kind of story this is. Some eye-rolling to be had at the prevailing Anarchism throughout, but the same way you roll your eyes at everything that's different which just makes us all human and kind of shitty.
The IA setting was tenuous. It could have been set in any rural area, really.
The demon deer made for a damn eerie presence throughout.