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While this is an enticing story full of twists and turns and daring subterfuge and historical details, I think I would have enjoyed it more if I hadn't already been familiar with the /actual/ Great Train Robbery, which bears very little similarity to the story described here except in high level details, which led me to wonder about the truth of all the rest of the so-called historical details. I agree with the comment Greg made on the Futility Closet podcast episode about the Great Train Robbery questioning why Chrichton didn't use the real story as the basis for the novel because that's just as much of a thriller.

This book is chock full of interesting facts and tidbits, some of which I might like to know more about, though there's so many I'm not sure where to start, and some of the stories might not have any more details that have survived. I found it to be a good book to read while traveling or otherwise likely to be interrupted because every half page or so is the start of something completely new. But I did have to mentally add "as of the mid 80s" to any fact referring something about the present day...

This is an interesting summary of homosexual activity and gender variance historically and around the globe. Maybe a little high level, especially in the later chapters, but a) it kinda has to be in order to cover the entire globe in one reasonably sized book, and b) I have to wonder how much material actually exists on the subject anywhere.

Maybe I should have expected this from a book called Queer /Magic/, but I really wasn't expecting the little interstitial bits aimed at practicioners of witchcraft or something up that avenue. I think I would have enjoyed the book more without those.

This is an incredibly informative book while still being entertaining and easy to read. Schrefer dives into a variety of examples of animal species that not infrequently display non cis het behaviors. Queer humans aren't as alone in the natural world as it might seem.

Much like Furiously Happy, this book is a captivating mix of depression honesty, stories about lawn gerbils, run-on sentences, and everything in between. Or something. A lovely reminder that there are other weirdos out there, and people struggling, and ... I totally had a third thing I wanted to add but now I don't know what. I'm sure it was something awesome though. Oh, and quite a few laughs. Laughs are good.

Was lovely getting a view into the wide variety of experiences people have as nonbinary, especially the fact that this variety spans different generations and ethnic background.

This was an incredibly entertaining read. Douglas Adams has some very enjoyable turns of phrase. And the sheer wtf-ery of the plot, centered around the fundamental interconnectedness of all things, also kept me enthralled. The parts about the gods reminded me of Rick Riordan's books.

Is quite interesting learning about the parts of history the schools tend to avoid. Or that Europeans have a motivation to suppress