DNF. I was told women would be dragons. Women were... mostly oppressed and silenced. Relentlessly depressing when I thought it would be galvanizing.
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Queer, friendly, wordy, neurodivergent. Vacillatingly voracious reader. General rule of avoiding books that are written by/for/about cishet white men, especially Americans.
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rainbowreckoner reviewed A Restless Truth by Freya Marske (The Last Binding, #2)
The most interesting things in Maud Blyth's life have happened to her brother Robin, but …
Good, not as good as the first one.
3 stars
rainbowreckoner set a goal to read 27 books in 2024
Learn about the Mass Dragoning of 1955 in which 300,000 women spontaneously transform into dragons...and …
Nope.
2 stars
rainbowreckoner rated When Women Were Dragons: 2 stars
When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Regan Barnhill
Learn about the Mass Dragoning of 1955 in which 300,000 women spontaneously transform into dragons...and change the world.
Alex Green …
rainbowreckoner reviewed A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske (The Last Binding, #1)
Set in an alternative Edwardian England, this is a comedy of manners, manor houses, and …
Yay!
4 stars
Charming. Everything i loved about classic English literature with a super queer relationship, and some acknowledgement of issues of race, class, ability, etc.
rainbowreckoner rated Starling House: 4 stars
Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
A grim and gothic new tale from author Alix E. Harrow about a small town haunted by secrets that can't …
rainbowreckoner rated The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store: 5 stars
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
From James McBride, author of the bestselling Oprah’s Book Club pick Deacon King Kong and the National Book Award - …
rainbowreckoner started reading Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
A grim and gothic new tale from author Alix E. Harrow about a small town haunted by secrets that can't …
rainbowreckoner rated Wool: 3 stars
Wool by Hugh Howey
In a ruined and toxic landscape, a community exists in a giant silo underground, hundreds of stories deep. In a …
rainbowreckoner reviewed Wool by Hugh Howey
In a ruined and toxic landscape, a community exists in a giant silo underground, hundreds …
Meh.
3 stars
Story fairly good. Writing annoying. Queer people don't exist in the universe, I guess. Show is better.
rainbowreckoner reviewed The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
In 1893, there's no such thing as witches. There used to be, in the wild, …
Not bad. Not great.
4 stars
rainbowreckoner rated A Court of Thorns and Roses: 2 stars
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a terrifying creature arrives to demand retribution. Dragged to a …
rainbowreckoner rated The Glass Hotel: 5 stars
The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
Vincent is a bartender at the Hotel Caiette, a five-star glass-and-cedar palace on the northernmost tip of Vancouver Island. New …
rainbowreckoner rated The Glass Hotel: 4 stars
The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
Vincent is a bartender at the Hotel Caiette, a five-star glass-and-cedar palace on the northernmost tip of Vancouver Island. New …