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56 reviews

Pritty by Keith F. Miller Jr.

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

loved a lot of this. the last 10% is absolutely batshit.

This Is Why They Hate Us by Aaron H. Aceves

funny reflective

4.0

Quique is a gigantic mood. I can't lie, the

Ziggy bait

almost made me knock it down half a star, but

Saleem and Quique

are just too cute.

Daughter of the Merciful Deep by Leslye Penelope

adventurous hopeful slow-paced

4.0

The Reader by Traci Chee
Did not finish book. Stopped at 15%.

not my cuppa

Idoru by William Gibson

mysterious medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.5

lots of cool ideas, prescient concepts, weird executions. typical mystery-written-by-a-man tropes. racist imagery, as per usual ig. there is brief depiction of a minstrel character and a reference to the KKK and these are meant to flavor futuristic tokyo and add to its vaguely dystopic feeling. but like. lame.

The Emperor and the Endless Palace by Justinian Huang

dark mysterious fast-paced

I’m not sure what to rate it yet. Do people really read that scene between

Dong Xian and Jujun to be assault

??

The Only Light Left Burning by Erik J. Brown

adventurous fast-paced

3.5

Oh man. Andrew and Jamie's lack of communication hurt to witness.

Especially since Andrew was convinced for so long that he was the evil one and Jamie was this pure, angelic character who wouldn't have been tainted by murder if they hadn't met. I would have loved to see Andrew dwelling on that aspect of their differences rather than "Jamie just wants revenge and I don't recognize that boy anymore."

I was so surprised that Amy wasn’t a bigger side character. She was really only there as Henry's daughter, which was a shame.

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

2.5

fine/okay book.

A Bánh Mì for Two by Trinity Nguyen
Did not finish book. Stopped at 15%.

manufactured YA angst is not my bag anymore. it takes me out of a book when I can see the seams of the stitched-together drama. I should have looked into the book more beyond seeing it in a twitter thread

Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
Did not finish book. Stopped at 32%.

I’ll keep the show and let everyone have these crusty books