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Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi
4.0
challenging dark tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Let the Hugos reading begin. (This one is only kind of Hugos reading since I started it and the checked the Hugos nominees in the middle and realized it was on it.)
Onyebuchi has written a story about the relationship between rage and justice that plays out within relationships, within individuals, and within the world. It's raw and, reading it from a culture deeply in the Old Testament (meaning, you know, Tanach), it's deeply validating and complicating to revisit the question of "old testament vengeance" as the space for justice.