rainbowbrarian's Reviews (1.85k)

This little picture book made me cry.  It's a beautiful story and the art is lovely.

It's the story of a man who started caring for cats who were left behind when their families had to flee the war in Syria.  It's heartbreaking enough to think of families having to flee their homes during bombings, but then to have to also leave behind their beloved pets too.  It breaks my heart.

Hated the characters.  Vi is horrible, but also everyone is horrible to her as well, so I get why she hates everyone.  Her 'friends' are jerks and her best friend defends the random ADULT man who is being inappropriate and creepy to her.

This was such an excellent volume. I would buy a copy for any young trans person just beginning on their journey in chest binding. This was a good mix of personal stories, experiences, and good advice for binding healthily and safely. I was really interested in learning more about trans tape as well since I had really only heard about it briefly from my non-binary trans wife.

We need more books like these, they could literally be saving lives and preventing injury in young queer trans folks. 

 Whoa, this was GOOD, friends.  I didn’t know what to expect when I picked this up.  I just saw it come up on the new books cart at the library and it grabbed me.  This is a queer asian reincarnation romantasy spanning multiple lifetimes from 4 BCE through modern day.  It is the story of two men who find each other across lifetimes, coming together and breaking apart over and over.  A powerful force who shows up in many guises and bodies casts a long shadow over them over the centuries.  But is a connection that burn so brightly something that will consume them both or can they find a way to break free?

Favorite Parts - I loved the ancient chinese court setting in the first lifetimes and seeing the way echoes of it made their way through history.  It’s exciting and compelling to see more and more settings that weren’t available to me as I was growing up.  I hope we’ll see more work from Justinan Huang and authors like him.  

Seeing River trying to navigate his complicated feelings and the unexpected strength of them as he was drawn to Joey was really interesting.  

Read This If You - like Wuxia stories and films and always wanted them to be queer, like a sort of time travel story, liked This Is How You Lose The Time War, want to see more queer asian stories and support diverse stories and authors