A review by eemilycolleen
Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh

4.0

that’s MY teenage eugenicist xenophobic transphobic fascist blondie bitch!!!!!! this is not a perfect book but lord did i have fun. it moves RIP ROARING fast in the back half, maybe a little too fast, but i was so convinced by number one commander dickhead kyr that i didn’t mind. LOVED the halfway twist. in its best moments this book reminded me wholeheartedly of animorphs — the ellimist would have a field day with the wisdom, and unfortunately i just Know my depressed 12-year-old fighter pilot rachel has got that (fascist) dog in her.

for whatever it’s worth, i found the relationship between kyr and avi WAY more interesting than that between kyr and yiso, but this is almost always my curse (see: nik nik in the space between worlds)