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Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin

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challenging emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Roving Pack by Sassafras Lowrey

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challenging dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.5

While a realistic depiction of a slice of the trans and kink community, this book seemed to record all the worst parts. I only finished the book because I kept hoping Click would find a better ending. A better daddy, better friends, and it didn’t happen. Maybe some of my issue is simply that it’s from the 2000s and a bit outdated. Throughout the whole thing I couldn’t figure out if Click being unlikeable was the author’s deliberate choice as ze was young and immature or a failure to come up with likeable features.

While overall disappointing from a plot and character perspective, it is a good book if you’d like to see a realistic snapshot back into the young 2000s Portland queer punk leather scene. I do think it’s existence as a piece of history is important.

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