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cassianlamb
dark
hopeful
mysterious
fast-paced
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I received this book from NetGalley for free in exchange for an honest review.
I'm honestly not sure what to make of this book. The primary thing I want to say is to read the trigger warnings in the author's notes. I also need to emphasize that there is something that I at least believe to be classified as sexual assault that is not within the trigger warnings, which the reader should be aware of.
Beyond the trigger warnings I don't fully understand this book. While it is a horror one, it made me feel less scared and more sad really, though I am outside the age range recommended for it.
I read this book over the course of 9 days, which is a bit long for me, so that could be why it feels this way, but the pacing felt rushed, especially towards the end as things wrapped up.
The good things though, are that these characters felt real. They react in ways I think a person would actually react if faced with what they're facing, and their actions have lasting consequences, instead of just ending with the book ending. It's not every day you get a story like that, though it does seem to be becoming more common now.
Overall, I'm glad I read this once, and maybe I'd need to read it again to fully understand what happened in it, or maybe it's meant to leave you confused (which also is not my favorite kind of story). It's an interesting edition to trans horror at the very least.
I'm honestly not sure what to make of this book. The primary thing I want to say is to read the trigger warnings in the author's notes. I also need to emphasize that there is something that I at least believe to be classified as sexual assault that is not within the trigger warnings, which the reader should be aware of.
Beyond the trigger warnings I don't fully understand this book. While it is a horror one, it made me feel less scared and more sad really, though I am outside the age range recommended for it.
I read this book over the course of 9 days, which is a bit long for me, so that could be why it feels this way, but the pacing felt rushed, especially towards the end as things wrapped up.
The good things though, are that these characters felt real. They react in ways I think a person would actually react if faced with what they're facing, and their actions have lasting consequences, instead of just ending with the book ending. It's not every day you get a story like that, though it does seem to be becoming more common now.
Overall, I'm glad I read this once, and maybe I'd need to read it again to fully understand what happened in it, or maybe it's meant to leave you confused (which also is not my favorite kind of story). It's an interesting edition to trans horror at the very least.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Transphobia, Violence, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Gun violence
Minor: Sexual assault
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I received a free e-copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
This book requires a serious suspension of belief in just about every field, I believe. However this pretty much matches up to the feeling the description gave me so it was not a surprise.
I am not typically an alien invasion person, but there are not nearly as many trans books or main autistic characters as I would like, and this one fulfilled both concepts. While it is not my favorite book, I think it was an enjoyable experience outside my normal reading preferences.
As an autistic person myself, I mostly understood how Denver (any, prefers xe/xem/xyr) was feeling in regard to xyr social interactions and sensory issues. This made it very frustrating when reading how other people reacted to xem, especially Ezra (he/him). I personally often had to work really hard to understand why Ezra especially was upset by something Denver said. Maybe a neurotypical person would understand more, or if I read it from Ezra's pov, but personally a lot of the misunderstanding was more unbelievable to me than an alien landing in a small town.
However, I was happy with how it ended and the way things come together and grow. The pacing was occasionally a bit off and it was a tad confusing, but I think this is a good edition to sci-fi books.
Side note, I included character pronouns to make it easier for understanding, as well as to reflect neopronouns are used in this book, as it is especially hard to find main characters using neopronouns.
This book requires a serious suspension of belief in just about every field, I believe. However this pretty much matches up to the feeling the description gave me so it was not a surprise.
I am not typically an alien invasion person, but there are not nearly as many trans books or main autistic characters as I would like, and this one fulfilled both concepts. While it is not my favorite book, I think it was an enjoyable experience outside my normal reading preferences.
As an autistic person myself, I mostly understood how Denver (any, prefers xe/xem/xyr) was feeling in regard to xyr social interactions and sensory issues. This made it very frustrating when reading how other people reacted to xem, especially Ezra (he/him). I personally often had to work really hard to understand why Ezra especially was upset by something Denver said. Maybe a neurotypical person would understand more, or if I read it from Ezra's pov, but personally a lot of the misunderstanding was more unbelievable to me than an alien landing in a small town.
However, I was happy with how it ended and the way things come together and grow. The pacing was occasionally a bit off and it was a tad confusing, but I think this is a good edition to sci-fi books.
Side note, I included character pronouns to make it easier for understanding, as well as to reflect neopronouns are used in this book, as it is especially hard to find main characters using neopronouns.
