Upright Women Wanted

Hardcover

English language

Published Dec. 27, 2020 by Tor.com.

ISBN:
978-1-250-21358-7
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OCLC Number:
1121421452

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“That girl’s got more wrong notions than a barn owl’s got mean looks.”

Esther is a stowaway. She’s hidden herself away in the Librarian’s book wagon in an attempt to escape the marriage her father has arranged for her—a marriage to the man who was previously engaged to her best friend. Her best friend who she was in love with. Her best friend who was just executed for possession of resistance propaganda. The future American Southwest is full of bandits, fascists, and queer librarian spies on horseback trying to do the right thing.

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Wanted : Femmes intègres

Voici un livre dont j'attendais avec beaucoup de curiosité la sortie française automnale - j'ai donc été très contente d'avoir pu le ramener dans mes valises depuis les Utopiales de Nantes fin octobre.

Dans un cadre futuriste dystopique nord-américain, l'autaire recrée une ambiance de western pour proposer, en une courte et efficace novella, une histoire queer, de lutte et d'espoir, d'acceptation de soi et d'émancipation.

On y suit la trajectoire d'une jeune femme, Esther, de sa fuite désespérée à son intégration et à sa prise de conscience progressives des actions et des enjeux du quotidien des Bibliothécaires qu'elle a rejointex. Si le scénario se déploie autour d'un récit minimaliste, celui d'un court voyage convoquant un imaginaire de western, l'histoire nous investit dans le trajet intérieur suivi par Esther : ses rencontres bouleversent en effet les représentations du monde d'une narratrice socialisée dans une violente société patriarcale et homophobe …

I love genre confusion, especially when I wasn't expecting it

I went into this book knowing nothing about it except that Sarah Gailey is the author, and I've liked a couple of her other books. I recommend this approach, it is so much fun.

Similar to M. A. Carey's approach to "The Book of Koli" that way.

Felt Like a Part One

The characters and interactions were stronger here than the plot. The Esther/Cye relationship was cute and well-played. The plot was straightforward, brief, and didn't twist much.

This felt like a part one or setup for a longer series. It feels like there was enough here to flesh out into a longer novel.

The audiobook narrator struck the right balance where you could distinguish the different character voices but the narrator didn't try to perform too much.

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