lordcheez's review against another edition
4.0
Funny and personal, solid story telling, reminiscent of Love and Rockets.
carrionlibrarian's review against another edition
3.0
Like most anthologies some big hits ("A First", "Cherry", "Ghost Stories" , "Fanfiction, F/F, Angst") and some big misses (the phoned in Margaret Atwood comics, the molesty muses comic, the woman who dropped out of her PhD to be with a guy. Oof.). Plus some forgettable filler. Though, for the most part, I found the comics more interesting than the prose. I had trouble picking it back up again if I left off with a prose piece as the next instalment.
Lots of Canadian content which is nice. However it meant there were a lot instances where a contributor would drop a name like something or someone was Kind of a Big Deal and my response was "yeah, never heard of you."
On the whole enjoyable. Glad it exists.
Lots of Canadian content which is nice. However it meant there were a lot instances where a contributor would drop a name like something or someone was Kind of a Big Deal and my response was "yeah, never heard of you."
On the whole enjoyable. Glad it exists.
nomefriegues's review against another edition
3.0
This was fun, but I found the writing to just be...fine. I really enjoyed a lot of it, but I definitely liked the comics much better.
sunflowerjess's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
I liked this even more than The Secret Loves of Geeks. I wish there had been more queer relationships featured in this collection, but overall this was a solid anthology.
plaidpladd's review against another edition
4.0
I really liked this! A good mixture of different styles
robinks's review against another edition
I couldn’t get used to switching between essays and comics, and I wasn’t interested enough in the stories to continue.
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual content, and Bullying
Moderate: Infidelity and Violence
missjeann's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
karlycay's review against another edition
5.0
Ahh what a book. I loved it so much. The contributors are so diverse: LGBQ, trans, poly, asexual, demisexual, you name it, there's a geek girl writing about it. I had to take a break every few essays because I was so emotional. It's really nice to feel understood by something you're reading, but it can be overwhelming when it hits SO close to home. If you call yourself a geek or nerd, there's a story in here for you.
hylian_narwhal's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
3.75