solid post apocalypse zombie genre entry but the Dynamics (queer, gender, power) at play are obv the star here. lots of characters I’m going to think about for a while. interesting, flawed POV characters. totally despicable villains. I think this book like… “gets gender” (what a stupid phrase, hear me out) in the sense of it being a social alignment with other people, politics, community, and simultaneously just like a thing about a person that is fundamentally not that interesting or defining. also does some really fascinating work in the realm of terf psychology… like why tf are they like that? Gretchen Felker-Martin has thought about it. the terf chaser character… greasy little worm trainwreck you can’t look away from. really really interesting. much to think about here. a really brutal book with a lot of interesting stuff going on.