Okay, so I read this one, because I kept seeing it mentioned. But I have to admit I didn’t love it. It’s a bit too literary fiction for me. It’s got that “everyone is miserable all the time” depressing vibe. I often feel like these books are meant for straight folks to read to develop empathy for queer folks. But I get pissed off at the idea that you’ve got to read stories of suffering in order to be like “Oh yeah, queer folks are people too. Wow!” *insert eyeroll*

Anyway, I did like the creepy vibe of someone slowing changing into something else. This story was a tragedy that we got to watch unfolding in slow motion from only Miri’s point of view. I listened to it as an audiobook version and I should have just read it, because I read print so much faster and it would have been over faster. HOWEVER, I did want to know what was going to happen, so I did read the whole thing, it was compelling in that way at least.

So yeah, I don’t recommend this to my fellow queers.