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A Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys
3.75

you're not gonna like this unless you're ready for something that is slow and quiet. something that ruminates on relationships - with each other, with our self worth, with the planet, with new ideas and old prejudices. something that is open to all aspects of human presentation, from gender identity to poly family units to practicing of religion. something that is hopeful in the face of a world that we keep breaking, but still so fiercely focused on the idea that we CAN fix it, if we come together and try. 

i thought it did go a bit overboard at times, feeling a little too preachy with its themes. but this was solid and hopeful and i enjoyed it.