The last two novellas were much harder to follow and took the focus away from the twins completely. Mokoya wasn’t even named in the fourth novella. I’m all about multiple narrators and perspectives, but I wish it had brought us back to Mokoya and Akeha in the end. We didn’t even get to hear about Akeha transitioning to they/them pronouns from their own perspective. They were reluctant to pick a gender in the first novella so it was cool to see that come full circle with them deciding the didn’t have to choose between man and woman, but why do we hear about this from a third party observer? Some of the world building was also a little confusing, like why does the sun set multiple times during the day? This was a specific detail that wasn’t fully explained so it didn’t really add anything to the story. All this to say, I’d rate the first two around 3 or 4, the second two around 2 or 3.

Well written, explores some interesting themes. I liked the simultaneous story lines of Natalie’s real life experiences and her fantasies. In the first section it’s very clear which is which (or at least we’re lead to believe?) but it becomes blurrier in the next two. I like when a book leaves me with questions and is open to interpretation, but this one was a little too unclear for me.

I just wasn’t paying any attention. Wanted to use this for the “non-fiction book about a startup” prompt in the StoryGraph Genre challenge, but I think I’ll just use the book about restaurant management I have to read for work. Close enough

So cool to take a dive into Tillie’s mind and her comic making journey

Beautifully weaves personal experience with fiction. So many characters are named after members of his family, or even himself, although I don’t think any are meant to be true stories

Weirdly just didn’t really do it for me. I think it was written with very specific intentions to find hope during the shock and bleakness of the early Trump administration. I also just have very little interest in politics outside of the fact that they’re necessary in our current system to give people basic human rights.

I just love any crossover of earth science and queerness