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53 reviews

One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig

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4.0

would recommend - really interesting magical system
Two Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillig

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4.0

would recommend
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

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3.5

fascinating premise to confront what it means to have violent ancestry & to be complicit - the writing just wasn’t it for me, I’m sorry
Time Is a Mother by Ocean Vuong

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4.5

people turn up their noses at this but I thought it was beautiful evocative poetry. maybe I’m basic!
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

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5.0

I can’t say I always knew what was going on but the lyrical writing got me every time
Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange

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4.0

loooved the historical half but the second half felt too expository. needed more abruptness to capture the magic of there, there. 
There There by Tommy Orange

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5.0

a perfect novel. sharp edged and clear eyed. 
James by Percival Everett

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5.0

thoughtfully & expertly builds on Huck Finn
The Vegetarian by Han Kang

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3.5

clearly good but just didn’t speak to me I’m sorry
The Sentence by Louise Erdrich

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4.25

yeah Louise can do better, but i enjoyed the layers of hauntings & viruses & of course sentences. veryyy interested in the language that condemns vs the language that liberates.