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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
— Dec 30, 2024 10:14PM
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
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Bee
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Fractal Eyes by Ugochi M. Agoawike
Rep: general gender fuckery
5/5
This one was pure vibes but I loved the style and I want to read more from this author
— Dec 30, 2024 09:45PM
Rep: general gender fuckery
5/5
This one was pure vibes but I loved the style and I want to read more from this author
Bee
is on page 382 of 464
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
— Dec 30, 2024 09:20PM
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
Bee
is on page 360 of 464
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
— Dec 30, 2024 03:10PM
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
Bee
is on page 331 of 464
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.
— Jul 27, 2022 07:48PM
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.
Bee
is on page 306 of 464
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.
— Jul 24, 2022 07:45PM
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.
Bee
is on page 278 of 464
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
— Jul 23, 2022 07:49PM
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
Bee
is on page 256 of 464
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.
— Jul 22, 2022 08:29PM
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.
Bee
is on page 232 of 464
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.
— Jul 21, 2022 09:13AM
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.
Bee
is on page 214 of 464
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).
— Jul 20, 2022 08:42PM
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).
Bee
is on page 190 of 464
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.
— Jul 19, 2022 06:15PM
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.
