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Had actually been looking forward to reading this one for a while, but just didn't like being in Makepeace's head? The casual racism and constant threat of sexual violence were just not anything I'm terribly interested in reading rn.
I might come back to this another time, bc I can tell that I'd really like it if I were more in the mood for something this depressing.
Pretty bummed bc I had been looking forward to reading this for a while, but it was not what I expected or wanted.
Things that bothered me on the first few pages:
- "There was a fat man wearing a silver lamé unitard" is the beginning of the first sentence. The narrator is then horrified to learn the fat man looks just like him. He repeatedly mentions how horrified he is at how terrible this other him looks in the unitard and keeps mentioning his weight over and over.
- North American incorrect usage of "nonplussed" which is a major pet peeve of mine.
- A description of a spaceship as a "shimmery cosmic scrotum of an old man."
- "Oh not another one. Another cis?" "Do you mean heterosexual? Yes, I guess I am." Uhhhh.
- Back to the unitard "do you mind if I [...] put on something less flaming?" Wut.
- "I'm wearing your funereal suit."
And that was where I tapped out. Literally still at 1%.
I have decided to stop reading when the MC lusts after a cop. Happened particularly quickly this time.
The book opens with the main character vomiting more than once, scratching his balls several times, then visiting the outhouse. Couldn't possibly imagine spending more time than I already did in his head.
Something about this just wasn't landing for me. I might come back to it, but I kind of doubt it.
Reads like a really rough first draft. No one says anything, they squeak, they sneer, they pout. The dialogue is stiff, and I can't imagine reading a whole book in this MC's voice.
Realized after a few chapters that I'm definitely not in the mood for this, and probably never will be.