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
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Corinna Bechko rated Song for the Unraveling of the World: 4 stars
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Corinna Bechko rated I'm Thinking of Ending Things: 5 stars
I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid, Iain Reid
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Inspiring and infuriating
5 stars
What a ride - and it explains a lot about things I saw or noticed about #Belize when I was there but didn’t understand. Well worth the time of anyone interested in conservation.