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orlagal's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
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? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Lesbophobia, Outing, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, War, and Classism
owenwilsonbaby's review against another edition
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-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? No
4.25
"I understood then what was wrong with everyone. One of the things. It was obvious: they were mentally, spiritually, emotionally trapped in 2007."
So good. The prose was rich but somehow direct. The jumping between Mathilde's narration, Hermia's narration and excerpts from Black Modernisms was always smooth and excellently-paced. There's so much here to enjoy. I loved how the Lote society mystery unfolded and how Mathilde's situation was always infused with some tension and uneasiness due to the people at the residency and their inability to tolerate queerness, blackness and femininity. I also loved that I was never able to tell where the relationship between Mathilde and Griselda was going, as well as many of the other characters like Erskine-Lily or Hector. I almost wish there has been an extra twenty pages because I wanted to spend more time with Mathilde, but I also think the ending is more interesting for being open-ended.
So good. The prose was rich but somehow direct. The jumping between Mathilde's narration, Hermia's narration and excerpts from Black Modernisms was always smooth and excellently-paced. There's so much here to enjoy. I loved how the Lote society mystery unfolded and how Mathilde's situation was always infused with some tension and uneasiness due to the people at the residency and their inability to tolerate queerness, blackness and femininity. I also loved that I was never able to tell where the relationship between Mathilde and Griselda was going, as well as many of the other characters like Erskine-Lily or Hector. I almost wish there has been an extra twenty pages because I wanted to spend more time with Mathilde, but I also think the ending is more interesting for being open-ended.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Deadnaming, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Outing, and Toxic friendship
corvoid's review against another edition
challenging
funny
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
I don't think I grasped everything? but enjoyed it nonetheless. I liked Mathilda and Erskine-Lily and Agnes a lot and was really amused by a lot of descriptions and the kind of humour used. Also, the queernees of it all! And I'm all here for scamming people/corporations to get by (especially if they're rich and/or shitty).
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol
Moderate: Racism and Transphobia
Minor: Animal death and Vomit