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5.0
This was such a weird and creative little book with incredible wordplay, humor, and imaginings of the future of transness, the evolution of many different species in response to climate change, censorship by governments, and role reversal of commonly held assumptions about disability with youth and elders. I usually despise the dystopian genre as a whole, but the cover was so beautiful that I couldn't resist. Being transgender? Yeah, that's the norm in this book 😎🏳️⚧️
The way that climate change and pollution have run rampant and changed the environment irreversibly was such interesting world-building, like fully grown bamboo being the size of a pinky finger or animals in Japan seemingly only existing with a rent-a-dog service that Yoshiro uses. Disability and transness are incredibly prevalent in most, if not all children in this society, which was an interesting concept, and I really liked the execution. I'm not sure if I understood the ending other than it was a teen's t4t fantasy, which was pretty epic. There were a few parts where the story abruptly shifted to 1st person POV which threw me off a bit.
The way that climate change and pollution have run rampant and changed the environment irreversibly was such interesting world-building, like fully grown bamboo being the size of a pinky finger or animals in Japan seemingly only existing with a rent-a-dog service that Yoshiro uses. Disability and transness are incredibly prevalent in most, if not all children in this society, which was an interesting concept, and I really liked the execution. I'm not sure if I understood the ending other than it was a teen's t4t fantasy, which was pretty epic. There were a few parts where the story abruptly shifted to 1st person POV which threw me off a bit.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Addiction, Death of parent, and Abandonment
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