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Earthlings by Sayaka Murata

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dark reflective tense medium-paced

3.5

There’s literally no way you could predict the ending of this book

The Book of X by Sarah Rose Etter

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challenging dark emotional funny fast-paced

4.0

A freaky surrealist piece about the embodiment of the grotesque and the loneliness of being othered, as well as the cruelty of realising too late where your priorities should have been and the things that stole that clarity from you. I need to think about this more but I found it beautiful and earnest and ambitious but perhaps not equal in what it was arguing or saying. I don’t think I will ever forget the meat quarry 🥲 The Substance and Poor Things girls will love this one!

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Hagstone by Sinéad Gleeson

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 21%.

Just not for me! Wasn’t feeling the atmosphere it’s supposed to have and not super bought into the story

One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig

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adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

Not my usual area but I really enjoyed reading this! A few areas I would have liked to see more developed (a bit more time spent on evenly structuring and finessing the plot / character motives and less on the poems) but I didn’t really mind, loved the characters and the magic system and will be reading the next one

Orbital by Samantha Harvey

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hopeful reflective slow-paced