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Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey

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lizziaha's review against another edition

4.0

It’s gay and it’s the wild wild west (is there really any other way to do the wild west?). Light on the worldbuilding and featuring a purposely ignorant (read: brainwashed) baby queer narrator, this book was a fun super easy read.

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kurumipanda's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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avidales's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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schnaucl's review against another edition

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adventurous dark hopeful fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

The time period is a little hard to place. There's a reference to the Why We Fight shorts which played before films which suggests WWII era, but the towns they visit seem smaller than that. Cars exist but aren't used because all the fuel is used for the far off war. It definitely has an old west or even westward expansion feel to it.

The rest is sadly a prescient view of how some people want America to be. The State controls all entertainment/media, books, music and film. Those State approved materials rigidly reinforce cisgender heterosexual norms to the point where anyone who isn't cisgender or anyone who is anything other than straight can't conceive of a world where there are more people like them, or that they might deserve and be able to attain as much happiness as anyone else.

The librarians (always women, I believe) go from town to town, distributing the Approved Material and collecting worn Approved Material in need of repair. Of course, sometimes the librarians secretly distribute Unapproved Material and help people escape to the free areas of the country (ironically, in this story that includes Florida).

I would definitely read more about these characters and this world, but I think this is a stand alone.

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awebofstories's review

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adventurous fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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maddiereadswords's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Came for the intriguing vibes, stayed for a wild west gang of sapphics raging against the state. This was a super quick read, and while I wished there could have been more exploration of the worldbuilding (because this world seems fascinating as hell!), I wasn't disappointed in anything that was there. The vibes were impeccable, the message was so powerful, and my only real complaint is that I wish this book were twice as long.

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