Tag: romance
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Too Many Themes
A queer, Jewish, immigrant story that falls victim to a confused vision and a muddled structure.
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Disappointing Postscript
A very short masterclass in why stories need conflict. My substantial love for the original could not blind me to the pointlessness of this story.
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The Power of Dark Academia
An amazing story that explores complex morality, faith and complex queer relationship dynamics all a setting dripping with gothic horror. It may be the best book I have read this year.
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Female Oppression and the Omegaverse
Exploring female oppression and systemic gender bias through the lens of a world without women, which makes our everyday lives look super ridiculous.
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A Nest of Themes
A delicious fairytale I want to live in forever which explores magic, class and the many things home can mean to different people.
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Fan-fiction Scraped off the Internet
Book Review of A Taste of Gold & Iron by Alexandra Rowland. I cant believe a publisher picked this up. It lacks structure, character and worldbuilding. What a waste of paper.
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Pointless Fan-Service
Book Review of The First to Die at the End by Adam Silvera. A vacuous cash-grab of a story which takes 500 pages to say not much of anything.
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Identity in the Face of Grief
Book Review of Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo. A character-rich exploration of grief and identity in a world full of strange juxtapositions.
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What Living Fully Really Means
A gorgeously realised exploration of what living fully really means. Set in a world where we follow two young men on their last day of life.
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Just a great big Nope
A quick rant about a dreadful book