Reviews and Comments

My friend saw this in a bookstore and sent it to me saying that the thought I might like this

restarting it from the beginning now that i've read translation state

Enjoying it more than I expected, very fun narrator

Might be bit too immature for me. Listened to 1/5th

Wanting to be more immersed in the within the wires universe!

Good though a fairly abrupt ending

largely depressing, and somewhat unrelatable (re: white guilt that I can't share as a person of color), but also very relatable in other senses: pushing me to consider aspects to my gender as a trans man that i have danced with the idea of exploring before. listened to most of it today and will probably finish it tomorrow.

I am dropping this book, mostly for personal reasons

1. It is too blatantly horny for me and I'm not interested in reading erotica
2. Even though the book is a great representation of dealing with a chronic illness (Fibromyalgia) and I considered continuing it for that reason, it has been reviewed to be underwhelming in it's writing of a character that is a fat Black woman: at times feeling like those aspects to identity could be easily swapped out or looked over. it appears the power dynamics of interracial relationships is barely addressed in any of the three books in the series. Personally, it has left something to be desired, but I understand if someone else finds it's just right for them still. introvertinterruptedcom.wordpress.com/2021/07/20/the-issue-with-race-in-the-brown-sisters-series-by-talia-hibbert-bookreview/ grabthelapels.com/2019/12/18/get-a-life-chloe-brown-by-talia-hibbert/
3. if you read the book, the "bad thing" chloe is guilty about is very close to one of my triggers

I ended up really liking it! I really like how the author tackles transphobia in an alternative sci-fi future where people are free to use neo pronouns at the same time some species completely disregard the concept of gender or the need to be prescriptive.

Actually getting quite into this

Recommended by my coworker

I was so hype when a quote from Charles Yu's "How to Live Safely in a Science Fiction Universe" was featured before the start of one of the chapters. The book make a deep impression on me when I was in a state of depression in middle school. bookwyrm.social/book/17241/s/how-to-live-safely-in-a-science-fictional-universe

I tried listening to this a while ago. I wanted to like it, but there were a lot of aspects to it steeped in cishteronomative whiteness that made me deeply uncomfortable.

I don't entirely remember if I finished reading it, but it was interesting from the bits I did pick up on. It really had me thinking about what it means to keep someone as a friend for long term life transitions.

picked it up after a friend recommended it. didn't listen to the whole thing super intently, but there were some cool facts about bees and how they organize that i'd never learned about before