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madarauchiha's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
0.25
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Do you ever enjoy something, and then later on you find out the author is a sexual abuser, or a homophobe, or something like that? And then you look at the first thing you read and go ah! So that's why the themes and portions of the book felt off in a bad way.
That's this book. I thought the author was really horny in a bad way for the military. I also thought they were really weird about personhood and organic bodies not in a way relating to the plot.
I enjoyed this book. I sought out other media form this author, and one short story called 'Runtime' confirmed it. Divya has some fucked up racist ideas about trans people, and race / ethnicities in general. They're also really horny for the military. Combines these together or with anything, and you get a real bad time. The book came out long after that short story. Whether Divya has matured in their views of trans people or not I'm unaware.
I wrote about the transphobia, transmisogyny, racism in 'Runtime' here, briefly. https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/d277a718-169f-4d59-b32c-c826c4a6b03b
This book is great. It's fun. It's an interesting, unique plot--if you can get past the idea we're rooting for private military soldiers and assisting governments in suppressing civilians. If you are socially aware, then the ending makes absolutely no sense and comes off like a fairy tale wand wave.
The writing is lovely and mature. If you read YA you won't like this. If you read Hard Science Fiction, this is probably more softer than what you usually enjoy. It gets a star because it's competently written, but I can't justify liking or promoting it beyond this single review. I have no interest in engaging with Divya's works any more.
content warnings
minor child abuse, religion catholicism, sexual content,
mediums abortion, body horror, gun violence, kidnapping, sexual content, suicide, vomit
major abortion rights, addiction, child death, claustrophobia, death, drug abuse, drug use, explosions, gore, injuries, murder, outer space, pregnancy, religion catholicism, suicide bombers, violence, gun violence
Do you ever enjoy something, and then later on you find out the author is a sexual abuser, or a homophobe, or something like that? And then you look at the first thing you read and go ah! So that's why the themes and portions of the book felt off in a bad way.
That's this book. I thought the author was really horny in a bad way for the military. I also thought they were really weird about personhood and organic bodies not in a way relating to the plot.
I enjoyed this book. I sought out other media form this author, and one short story called 'Runtime' confirmed it. Divya has some fucked up racist ideas about trans people, and race / ethnicities in general. They're also really horny for the military. Combines these together or with anything, and you get a real bad time. The book came out long after that short story. Whether Divya has matured in their views of trans people or not I'm unaware.
I wrote about the transphobia, transmisogyny, racism in 'Runtime' here, briefly. https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/d277a718-169f-4d59-b32c-c826c4a6b03b
This book is great. It's fun. It's an interesting, unique plot--if you can get past the idea we're rooting for private military soldiers and assisting governments in suppressing civilians. If you are socially aware, then the ending makes absolutely no sense and comes off like a fairy tale wand wave.
The writing is lovely and mature. If you read YA you won't like this. If you read Hard Science Fiction, this is probably more softer than what you usually enjoy. It gets a star because it's competently written, but I can't justify liking or promoting it beyond this single review. I have no interest in engaging with Divya's works any more.
content warnings
minor child abuse, religion catholicism, sexual content,
mediums abortion, body horror, gun violence, kidnapping, sexual content, suicide, vomit
major abortion rights, addiction, child death, claustrophobia, death, drug abuse, drug use, explosions, gore, injuries, murder, outer space, pregnancy, religion catholicism, suicide bombers, violence, gun violence
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pregnancy, Violence, Gun violence, and Suicide
Moderate: Abortion, Body horror, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Suicide, and Vomit
Minor: Child abuse and Sexual content
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