Tentacle

paperback, 160 pages

Published Jan. 15, 2019 by And Other Stories.

ISBN:
978-1-911508-34-2
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4 stars (10 reviews)

Plucked from her life on the streets of post-apocalyptic Santo Domingo, young maid Acilde Figueroa finds herself at the heart of a Santería prophecy: only she can travel back in time and save the ocean – and humanity – from disaster. But first she must become the man she always was – with the help of a sacred anemone. Tentacle is an electric novel with a big appetite and a brave vision, plunging headfirst into questions of climate change, technology, Yoruba ritual, queer politics, poverty, sex, colonialism and contemporary art. Bursting with punk energy and lyricism, it’s a restless, addictive trip: The Tempest meets the telenovela.

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4 stars

This book was weird in all the right ways :)

Some shamanistic time-traveling weirdness to maybe save a future environmental disaster.
I found it a bit difficult to keep the timelines straight sometimes, but that's to be expected.

I love these stories that change reality, as it shakes up how I see our current reality.