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  • There is no Freedom: Chain Gang All-Stars Review

    There is no Freedom: Chain Gang All-Stars Review

    In 359 pages, Adjei-Brenyah delivers soul-shattering violence and shines a light on the brutal love of…

  • The Misrepresentation of Mental Illness: The Maidens by Alex Michaelides

    The Misrepresentation of Mental Illness: The Maidens by Alex Michaelides

    While I think there is room for discourse surrounding mental illness and mental health in all…

  • Sex, Suicide, and Suburban Malaise: A Review of The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

    Sex, Suicide, and Suburban Malaise: A Review of The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

    The girls seem to be an afterthought from the start. This is their story, and yet,…

  • A Review of Fourth Wing, by Rebecca Yarros

    A Review of Fourth Wing, by Rebecca Yarros

    Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros was a book I picked up on a whim, almost by…

  • All Black and White: A Review of Brandon Sanderson’s Wax and Wayne Series

    All Black and White: A Review of Brandon Sanderson’s Wax and Wayne Series

    The heroes and villains are not as well drawn, resulting in a battle between good and…

  • On the transformative power of female kinship: A Review of Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton

    On the transformative power of female kinship: A Review of Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton

    The readers grow with the speaker; we are able to witness the experiences that shift her…

  • Pain as Power: Review of Witch King by Martha Wells

    Pain as Power: Review of Witch King by Martha Wells

    Martha Wells’s bestselling Murderbot series has been lauded for its aromantic and asexual representation, but coming…

  • And Something More, Something That Is Lost in Translation: Review of Translation State by Ann Leckie

    And Something More, Something That Is Lost in Translation: Review of Translation State by Ann Leckie

    Translation State offers an exciting peek into a rapidly changing universe, tempting us with glimpses of…

  • How do we short-circuit control? A Review of Nonbinary by Genesis P-Orridge

    How do we short-circuit control? A Review of Nonbinary by Genesis P-Orridge

    While Genesis lived a life that may sometimes seem almost alien, s/he was still very much…

  • On the Cult of Romance: A Review Of “Cult Classic” by Megha Ganapathy

    On the Cult of Romance: A Review Of “Cult Classic” by Megha Ganapathy

    Below the fantastical, postmodern surface of algorithms, experiments, and an omniscient entity, however, there lies the…

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