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A review by howardgo
In Our Own Worlds: Four LGBTQ+ Tor.com Novellas by Kai Ashante Wilson, Neon Yang, Carl Engle-Laird, Margaret Killjoy, Ellen Klages
5.0
Like many others, I received this book for free during the time the publisher was giving it away. It is a collection of LGBTQ novellas.
That however is not what drives these stories. Yes, the protagonists are LGBTQ. But in these stories, that is just one part of these characters. These are amazing stories of being human and dealing with the human condition in all its ugly joy and difficulty. The masterful storytelling here simply lays bare what we should already know--LGBTQ people are just like all humans, learning to get along and find their way in life. What a joy to see them represented in such a matter-of-fact way.
That however is not what drives these stories. Yes, the protagonists are LGBTQ. But in these stories, that is just one part of these characters. These are amazing stories of being human and dealing with the human condition in all its ugly joy and difficulty. The masterful storytelling here simply lays bare what we should already know--LGBTQ people are just like all humans, learning to get along and find their way in life. What a joy to see them represented in such a matter-of-fact way.