Reviews and Comments

I'm not a fan of short stories, but these were so well written that it was enough for me to finish the book. Most of the stories are very dark and scary. As far as I can remember all of them are magical realism from the pov of lesbian women, and mostly they revolve around sexism, sex, physical and mental illnesses. I skipped one of them though ("Especially Heinous" since I don't know the Law&Order series and figured the story would make not much sense to me). I really liked "The Husband Stitch" (omg it made me angry enough to kill), "Inventory" and "The Resident".

by far not worth your time. very predictable romance, nothing witty or funny about it. worst book by t. kingfisher I've come across so far.

nicely written and interesting, but too long for now

Had to give it back to the library - I only managed to read 18 pages in 3 months! Maybe another time.... but this one really feels like work

ok so when I started this book it was very reluctantly. i am abled and have not confronted my own ableism a lot, so i was expecting it to make me feel guilt, shame, the whole fragility shebang when confronted with one's own bigotry. but actually, i did not because a) this is a very funny book as elsa sjunneson writes in a very snarky way b) it is mostly about ableism in the media, so it didn't really teach me to change something about my behavior, specifically, but still got me to question some assumptions and thought patterns

I liked this a lot - maybe a little less than "Nettle and Bone" by the same author because it's not quite as snarky. It's super wholesome and put me in a light mood. The characters are very likable and down to earth, plus it has a lot of fresh ideas and plays on common fantasy tropes, which I liked.

it is really interesting how I ended up being sympathetic with jodahs, my perspective towards the ooloi has changed a lot over the course of the story. some very interesting thoughts on biopolitics and human nature (the "human conflict" especially) and an entertaining read. as it has already been pointed out by other readers the gender essentialism is hard to endure sometimes. i think ooloi is a pretty cool gender though ^^

the foreword was, to me, just a collection of buzzwords and had no real meaning, but the main body of the book was really nice. it gave me ideas of why the zad was able to win, not only in the physical space but maybe also on the way of developing other imaginaries that can help us leave capitalism, patriarchy and white supremacy behind. I loved the focus on ceremony. especially worthwhile for people trying to defend forest and village occupations e.g. #LütziBleibt

the author really does not know how to write a novel. there are a lot of platitudes and none of the characters has any depth.

what I liked most about the book is that there are so many different, fresh ideas in it. I loved the way the different societies are described and the non-human sentient creatures plus flora and fauna of New-Half-Way Tree. Also pretty cool that it is written in caribbean patois and that I learned something about caribbean culture e.g. the traditional carnival and its characters.

Also the story of Tan-Tan (the main character) is very intriguing and in many places it is unpredictable what will happen next.

there were so many fresh ideas in this book and I really enjoyed Binti's perspective, and how the main "superpower" is understanding one another.

I wasn't a big fan of the "mathematical trance" thing, idk it felt weird. If it had just been meditation, it would have been more convincing for me.