I listened to the audiobook and loved the feel of the narrative until it introduced a trans character. Unlike the rest of the book, wherein almost every down-and-out person was treated with compassion, there was none in evidence for her. I couldn’t get past that.
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I read it all! Well, most of it. And then I write.
Hugo & Eisner nominated best-selling author (Avatar: Adapt or Die, Green Lantern: Earth One, Smithsonian Dig it! Dinosaur). Fossil preparator. Comics & critters. Horror & weird fiction. She/her
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Corinna Bechko rated Piranesi: 5 stars
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
From the New York Times bestselling author of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, an intoxicating, hypnotic new novel set …
Corinna Bechko finished reading The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (Harvest in translation)
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (Harvest in translation)
It is the year 1327. Franciscans in an Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, but Brother William of Baskerville’s investigation …
Corinna Bechko replied to Lidija's status
@Metonym Hmm, this is on my potential TBR - hadn’t pulled the trigger on picking it up yet.
Corinna Bechko rated Triangle: 4 stars
Corinna Bechko rated Song for the Unraveling of the World: 4 stars
Song for the Unraveling of the World by Brian Evenson
A newborn’s absent face appears on the back of someone else’s head, a filmmaker goes to gruesome lengths to achieve …
Corinna Bechko rated Monstress, Vol. 1: 4 stars
Monstress, Vol. 1 by Sana Takeda, Marjorie M. Liu, Marjorie Liu (Monstress, #1)
"Set in an alternate world of art deco beauty and steampunk horror, Monstress tells the epic story of Maika Halfwolf, …
Corinna Bechko started reading The Snow Leopard by Peter Matthiessen
The Snow Leopard by Peter Matthiessen
This lovely book (1978) describes a two month search for the snow leopard with naturalist George Schaller in the Dolpo …
Corinna Bechko started reading The taker by Alma Katsu
The taker by Alma Katsu
Drawn to a woman who reveals herself to be immortal, Luke, a young doctor, hears the story of how she …
Corinna Bechko started reading Bone white by Ronald Damien Malfi
Bone white by Ronald Damien Malfi
"A landscape of frozen darkness punctuated by grim, gray days. The feeling like a buzz in your teeth. The scrape …
Corinna Bechko finished reading Monstress, Vol. 1 by Sana Takeda (Monstress, #1)
Corinna Bechko finished reading Song for the Unraveling of the World by Brian Evenson
Corinna Bechko finished reading Triangle by David Von Drehle
Corinna Bechko started reading Song for the Unraveling of the World by Brian Evenson
Song for the Unraveling of the World by Brian Evenson
A newborn’s absent face appears on the back of someone else’s head, a filmmaker goes to gruesome lengths to achieve …