mar's review
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
do NOT read this for a good story, or worldbuilding, or pacing. or a good romance. or good LGBT representation. DO read this if you want to experience the most batshit combination of unrelated and mostly unresolved plot points ever written.
like, it has its moments, but mostly it's just... swinging wildly over the line between "fun bad" and "just bad" like a goddamn pendulum
like, it has its moments, but mostly it's just... swinging wildly over the line between "fun bad" and "just bad" like a goddamn pendulum
Content Warnings
Moderate: Homophobia, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, and Sexual content
Minor: Cannibalism and Racism
jaciacarlile's review against another edition
3.0
This was wild from start to finish, and while it’s not my kind of humor I certainly had my friends rolling with the passages I sent.
missdaisyanna's review against another edition
1.0
My god. This book. Was dreadful.
I picked it up because the blurb sounded so ridiculous. I thought it might give me a few laughs. To be fair, it did, but only at how bad it was!
The plot was complete nonsense. There was absolutely no logical thread through ANY of it. The writing was diabolical - random capitalisation, context less sentences, phrases and metaphors that made absolutely no sense. The pacing was completely nonsensical - a walk to work could take a chapter, then a murder could pass by in two sentences. Despite focussing on a female/female romance, there were a bunch of homophobic slurs thrown in at the end for (seemingly) no reason. And to TOP IT ALL OFF, it ends with EVERYONE'S LEAST FAVOURITE TROPE: "And it was all a dream!".
This book wasted four days of my life. I can't understand why it's a cult classic, much less a "feminist romp" or "underrated sci-fi novel".
I picked it up because the blurb sounded so ridiculous. I thought it might give me a few laughs. To be fair, it did, but only at how bad it was!
The plot was complete nonsense. There was absolutely no logical thread through ANY of it. The writing was diabolical - random capitalisation, context less sentences, phrases and metaphors that made absolutely no sense. The pacing was completely nonsensical - a walk to work could take a chapter, then a murder could pass by in two sentences. Despite focussing on a female/female romance, there were a bunch of homophobic slurs thrown in at the end for (seemingly) no reason. And to TOP IT ALL OFF, it ends with EVERYONE'S LEAST FAVOURITE TROPE: "And it was all a dream!".
This book wasted four days of my life. I can't understand why it's a cult classic, much less a "feminist romp" or "underrated sci-fi novel".
cosmicjellies's review against another edition
3.0
worth reading for the weirdness but i found it hard to concentrate on and not as funny as i think it was trying to be
essarbee's review against another edition
5.0
Vampires, aliens, lesbians, and a critique of consumer capitalism. This book has everything.
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