bvic's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault
Moderate: Transphobia, Child death, Deadnaming, Grief, and Toxic relationship
basil_touche's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
However, the modern parts, while they could be philosophical at times, treated the trans protaganist, Ry, abysmally. The
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sexual assultI can appreciate the novel's exploration of AI and what makes us human, but I feel like I can find a better book that covers the topic without the transphobia.
Graphic: Misogyny, Deadnaming, Sexual assault, and Transphobia
Moderate: Child death and Death
siebensommer's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
2.5
‘you got a lot of not yets in your life‘ […]. she‘s right. i am liminal, cussing, in between, emerging, undecided, transitional, experimental, a start-up - or is it an upstart?
when people part, they usually hate each other, or one hates the other. - that is the conventional way. there are other ways. […] if we cannot keep this love, there is place in me that has been changed by this love and i will honour it - think of it as a kind of place of worship if you like. and sometimes, boarding a plane or waking up or walking down a street or taking a shower,… i will recall that place and never regret the time i spent there.
life, we imagine, is familiar enough until we begin to tell it to another. then, observe the wonder on their faces.
women blame each other all the time, it is a trick men play on us.
Graphic: Medical content, Child death, Transphobia, Death, and Deadnaming
balfies's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
A modern retelling of Frankenstein wearing a coat made of transhuman, transgender, AI, sexbot feminist body horror sci-fi interleafed with Mary Shelley's own experiences of writing Frankenstein.
If you want a glimmer of queer macabre literary satire on what it means to be human and have a body, give it a go.
Personally, it's not my fave from old Jeanie baby, reminds me a bit of Ian McEwan's slightly trite retelling of Hamlet from the perspective of a foetus, though admittedly there is more craft in Frankissstein than there was in Nutshell.
Graphic: Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Body horror, Medical content, and Transphobia
the_tridentarii's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
Graphic: Transphobia, Misogyny, and Sexual assault
rad_reads_123's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Moderate: Grief, Death, Child death, Sexual assault, Transphobia, and Rape
waterbear0821's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Transphobia, Rape, and Hate crime
Moderate: Sexual violence, Child death, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Misogyny
halloweenrose's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? No
2.75
Graphic: Rape and Transphobia
gaygothiccowboy's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
Graphic: Transphobia, Rape, and Misogyny
spencerablackwell's review against another edition
Minor: Transphobia