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urn@bookwyrm.social

Joined 9 months, 2 weeks ago

torn between a desire to get recommendations and read reviews from other humans and a desire to just track things offline, goddamn it. maybe this is the middle ground!

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Fern Brady: Strong Female Character (2023, Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale) 4 stars

4/5 stars for relatability more than writing quality.

It ends with a paragraph that realistically (some would say pessimistically) sets out all the challenges of aging as an autistic woman that just sat right with me. Unvarnished. Honest. Commits to paper thoughts I have often but only share with my spouse, who tells me to try catastrophizing less. Happy this book exists.

Claire Kohda: Woman, Eating (2022, HarperCollins Publishers) 4 stars

A young, mixed-race vampire must find a way to balance her deep-seated desire to live …

Review of 'Woman, Eating' on 'Storygraph'

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Unbearable dialogue, vapid inner monologue, all the angst of the gen z/millennial with none of the quality writing that might compel me to give a shit.