simonlorden's Reviews (1.38k)

don't you love it when supposedly pansexual male characters talk about loving women but don't mention loving any other gender even when they easily could ("women, credits and games of chance are the pillars of life" - could have easily been "pretty people" or anything similar but ok)

anyway, the art style was great and I actually love Lando and L3 but I'm salty about this

I seem to have the same overall opinion of any Riordan book: I really strongly care about like five characters, but not much about the plot. All three books in this trilogy were a solid 4-star read for me. I'm still not that as interested in Norse mythology as Greek mythology, but Magnus and his friends are all amazing and I love them. Especially Alex.

This book also had a wonderful, slow-burn queer romance. I loved the little hints to Magnus totally having a crush, even though he was oblivious.

I can't speak for the accuracy of the Muslim rep, but it was awesome to see a Muslim character being observant and respected, and seeing how her fate works together with her quest and her job.

I also really, really loved Magnus's decision in the end, and that Alex was there with him to carry it out.

This graphic novel is about three sisters in a punk band. One of them is a ghost, the second one is a lesbian, and the third one is a wheelchair-user. It was an okay story, but nothing special for me, and I didn't really like the art style. I loved the relationships between the three sisters, though.

I received an ARC through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

The Art of Escaping is a young adult novel about finding your passion, focusing on a very unique art: escapology, or escape art. I was intrigued by this book both because the topic sounded like something I’ve never read before, and because I heard that one of the POV characters is gay.

This book could have easily been a 5-star read if it wasn't so hard to get into. I really disliked the beginning, but once I pushed through that, I adored the rest of it.

I'm not really sure whether to tag Will (the gay boy) as a main or side character, because he has his own POV sometimes, but less frequently than the straight girl protag, and mostly in the second half of the book? I'm going to tag him as main, but be aware of this. (I'm tagging the m/m relationship itself as side because it only happens towards the end.)

To learn more about what specifically I liked and what I didn't, check out my full review on my blog.

warnings: there are some homophobic comments that are all called out in the book.

This was another cool volume. The art style and the characters are still great, and I loved how a lot of this focused on Goldie's relationship with her best friend, and how you sometimes need to put yourself in the other person's shoes, etc. I also like that astronauts and mermaids are recurring elements. Still, I felt like they skipped over some stuff I would have loved to see (the first date between Goldie and her girlfriend, Goldie getting her job back).

(Can you tell I'm horrible with names? I'm horrible with names.)

I want to give this 10 out of 5 stars.

This was fun, exciting, and wonderfully queer, with beautiful art. I can't wait to read Volume 2, but I'm really tired so probably not tonight.

This volume has gems such as:

"I AM good! I am good at all kinds of things. One of which happens to be ruining the days of rude and vulgar men."

"Mama called us her fallen stars - we are not falling bombs."

"The Harley and the Ivy
When they are both real mad
Love gunning down some Nazis
Who've all acted real bad"

Superheroines fighting Nazis will always be an aesthetic.

(Also, since when does Goodreads ask me if I'm a robot?)

when I saw this was described as a soap opera and the main character is literally called Bodacious Babe Benitez, I knew it was going to be a wild ride, and I was right

longer review to come later

I chose this book to review for The Lesbrary this month, so I'll post my review here after it goes up there.

oh my god, they were roommates

the story actually seems pretty interesting so far, but I have some negative bias/uneasy feeling so eh I most likely won't continue