Tak! commented on A Season of Monstrous Conceptions by Lina Rather
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Tak! quoted Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami
From one of Japan's most brilliant and sensitive contemporary novelists, this speculative fiction masterpiece envisions …
It’s strange to think there are humans who aren’t me.
Tak! commented on Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami
From one of Japan's most brilliant and sensitive contemporary novelists, this speculative fiction masterpiece envisions …
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Tak! reviewed Saints of Storm and Sorrow by Gabriella Buba (Stormbringer Saga, #1)
In this an enthralling Filipino-inspired epic fantasy, a nun concealing a goddess-given gift is unwillingly …
Saints of Storm and Sorrow
4 stars
Content warning spoilers
Despite the overt themes of colonialism and religious imperialism, Saints of Storm and Sorrow feels primarily like a story about toxic relationships - Catalina's abusive partnership with Lunurin, Alon's self-destructive infatuation with Lunurin (and Lunurin's knowing, cynical usage of it), Alon's father's abusive treatment of Alon, even the goddess's relationship with Lunurin.
The hollywood ending feels good, but I have to wonder if any of these characters is undamaged enough to live Happily Ever After.
Tak! quoted Saints of Storm and Sorrow by Gabriella Buba (Stormbringer Saga, #1)
In this an enthralling Filipino-inspired epic fantasy, a nun concealing a goddess-given gift is unwillingly …
The sea breezes keened of death in Lunurin’s ears, a cacophony of voices urging her to act.
— Saints of Storm and Sorrow by Gabriella Buba (Stormbringer Saga, #1)
Tak! quoted The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
In the near future, a civil servant is offered the salary of her dreams and …
Never tell a workplace or a lover anything that might cause them to terminate your relationship until you’re ready to leave.
Tak! quoted The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
In the near future, a civil servant is offered the salary of her dreams and …
Content warning alcohol
She came back with a glass of chilled red wine, which I hadn’t realized was a drink you could get on purpose.
Tak! quoted The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
In the near future, a civil servant is offered the salary of her dreams and …
Perhaps he’ll die this time.
Tak! commented on The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
In the near future, a civil servant is offered the salary of her dreams and …
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Tak! commented on Countess by Suzan Palumbo
A queer, Caribbean, anti-colonial sci-fi novella, inspired by the Count of Monte Cristo, in which …
I really dig the premise, but the execution bothered me a lot. Maybe they were just trying to do too much in a novella length, or maybe it's just me, but everything just felt rushed and clumsy. 🤷
Tak! quoted Countess by Suzan Palumbo
A queer, Caribbean, anti-colonial sci-fi novella, inspired by the Count of Monte Cristo, in which …
It had been a productive day. Too productive.
— Countess by Suzan Palumbo
mood
Tak! quoted Countess by Suzan Palumbo
A queer, Caribbean, anti-colonial sci-fi novella, inspired by the Count of Monte Cristo, in which …
Space colonization had not been the great equalizer the capitalist billionaires had advertised.
— Countess by Suzan Palumbo
Tak! commented on Countess by Suzan Palumbo
A queer, Caribbean, anti-colonial sci-fi novella, inspired by the Count of Monte Cristo, in which …
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Security expert Dora left her anarchist commune over safety concerns. But when her ex-girlfriend Kay …
Short and bitter
5 stars
These Fragile Graces, This Fugitive Heart is a vignette about working through guilt and self-loathing toward self-forgiveness.
There's a lot going on in terms of themes: gender, transhumanism, anarchy and fascism, cloning, all mixed into a more standard crime plot.
Although the main thread is satisfactorily wrapped up, there's definitely room to explore the world further - I want more Dora!
Security expert Dora left her anarchist commune over safety concerns. But when her ex-girlfriend Kay …
I hadn’t seen Juan in years, not since I left the commune.
— These Fragile Graces, This Fugitive Heart by Izzy Wasserstein