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I enjoyed the insight on the comedy writing process, but the long early sections about Hannah's childhood made the book difficult to get into.

I did respect how the author set boundaries and kept the memoir focused on things she wanted to talk about. Some of the repeated bits (Stop! __ time) got tiresome.

I went into this wondering if there would be a sudden twist like in Nanette and there wasn't, which I think was the right call. Don't want to get put into a box.

Pausing on the Sexy Dragon book for a book club pick.

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I thought the written and description were very strong and the magically realism elements worked well.

It took time for me to get invested in the story, but it accelerated toward the end. I wish a bit more had happened to the characters and the characters were a bit more distinct from each other.

I enjoyed the historical sections a bit more than the present one. It was interesting to read from the transmasc perspective, and I'd like to read more in the future.

Book club pick.

Sometimes I have trouble following action scenes in other books, here I thought they were mostly well written and exciting.

Miki was a very interesting character, I enjoyed spending time with here and seeing Murderbot's reaction to her.

The narrative felt a little tighter and more straightforward than Book Two.

Antimatter Blues was fun and delivered the same kind of enjoyment as Mickey 7, but was entirely inessential. This book isn't important to understanding the characters or the world, and the author told the complete story of his big idea in the first book. This is not a continuation that demanded to be written, but a sequel that asks "Well, the first one was successful, what other stories can we tell in this world?"

This felt kind of like Haldeman's "Forever Free", except not horrible.

Also, it still didn't explore anything interesting about Cat.

This was more of a standard detective novel than the first one. I enjoyed how it built on the strengths of what I liked about the first one (i.e., exploring the Navy background). I liked just reading the day-to-day details of Evander's investigations.

One thing this book did better was having a wider array of queer characters. It let them be the villains as well, at various levels.

I read this because I was visiting San Francisco and it was some cool synchronicity.