Bee’s Reviews > Out There: Into the Queer New Yonder > Status Update

Nobody cares who we kiss at the end of the world by Leah Johnson

Firstly. I hated the narrator for this audiobook and I should have just read it physically. It was unpleasant. I just also didn’t like how Cooper didn’t seem to sense any of her anxieties and just shoved her along, and a personal thing I am. Way to anxious to just be shoved in a group of people who immediately start touching. Mmmm

2/5

Rep: wlw

Home by K. Ancrum
4.5/5

I’m not sure if that’s the point but this one made me feel really existential and sad. Really nice.

Rep: black nonbinary love interest

Concerto by Abdi Nazemian
Rep: mlm/achillean, Iranian gay mc, Colombian love interest

This one was set in the near future which was an interesting choice. I also just disagree that art is timeless lol, that’s one of its beauties. I know the author was making both points but eh. I found myself kind of bored throughout and simply not caring.

2/5

Switched to the audio to try and finish this back up

Beauty Sleep by Alechia Dow

Rep: black sapphic mc & sc

Rating: 2/5

Again, this one really deserves more time and space. It felt too rushed and so consequently I just started zoning out, which is sad because it had such potential.

Crash Landing by Mason Deaver

Rating: 4/5

Rep: transfemme lesbian, sapphic

This one was so cute! Just a little alien helping a girl confess her feelings <333 I do wish the ending wasn’t like that though, it made it feel like it was ‘all a dream’ which I didn’t like.

Nick and Bodhi by Naomi Kanakia

Rep: trans fem (possibly Indian? She was described as brown) mc, generally fucking with gender, queer, black sc

Ce: transphobia, racism

Rating:4/5

I didn’t fully understand this one but I found it fascinating

Present, Tense by Jim McCarthy

Rep: literally everyone is queer but: gay mc, questioning side characters (pan/ace-spec, and bi), trans masc

Rating: 4/5

Cw: outing, homophobia (religious based), panic attacks, abuse (parental, physical)

This one was sweet! It wasn’t focused on the sci-fi, even though that’s what I was most curious about. It was neat though, very self contained.

The Undeniable Price of Everything by Z. Brewer

Rep: aro nb mc, mlnb crush

Rating: 2/5

I just felt like this one didn’t have enough explanation. I liked the alternate timelines and the concept could have been really cool but it wasn’t explained at all so I was left without having much of a story.

Department of Homegoing affairs by Kalyan Bayron

Rep: Black sapphic mc, black sapphic sc

Rating: 4/5

This was really unique! The ghost trope is so rarely used in sci-fi I found it fascinating to have a more scientific lense of it! It was however a little rushed and I would have liked more of it (common since it’s a short story).

Reshadow by Adam Sass

Rep: gay mc & sc

Rating: 1.25/5

Ugh. This one just annoyed me. The plot twist and concept were cool I guess but I found it boring bad genuinely just wanted failure for the narrator so I was disappointed that he was happy (or going to be) at the end.