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Icarus liked Maggie Stiefvater's review of A Little Life:
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
"Gave it a shot; not for me, although it may work well for others as the prose is quite inviting and the world dense and inhabited. Felt as if it possibly veered a little too far towards voyeurism and far from truth-telling, which, with the subject matter, wasn't an equation that worked for me."
]]> Review6156970384 Fri, 16 Aug 2024 12:14:01 -0700 <![CDATA[Icarus added 'Godslayers']]> /review/show/6156970384 Godslayers by Zoe Hana Mikuta Icarus gave 4 stars to Godslayers (Gearbreakers, #2) by Zoe Hana Mikuta
bookshelves: to-read
]]> Review6092399803 Wed, 14 Aug 2024 04:11:48 -0700 <![CDATA[Icarus added 'Soon']]> /review/show/6092399803 Soon by Lois Murphy Icarus gave 2 stars to Soon (Paperback) by Lois Murphy
bookshelves: shit-shelf
DNF. 2/5 for what I could read


Oh my fucking god. Let's get nitty gritty from the very start. What's with all the slurs? In no less than twenty pages I'd read the slur for queer people twice. Slurs are slurs for a reason, friends. Made me fucking uncomfortable.

Also, what's with the "Asian rice" this "Asian noodles" that. Fun fact, Asia is large. Fun fact number two, Asia isn't only Japan, China and the two Koreas and your stereotype of people with monolid eyes being just "Asian" is honestly jarring. Fun fact number three, not all noodles are interchangeable so dubbing everything that comes from Japan, China or Korea as just "Asian" denotes an insane lack of giving a shit about what you choose to include in your book.

Moreover, what's with the vague sense of having everything ever be a monolith that permeates this? "The women" did this or did that. Or that one time they say the aforementioned women had formed "a practical female bond around the children". See, people who are willingly taking care of kids aren't a problem, but that wording sure is something.

Also that one time they talk about the village population minus the main guy being "only women" and some other guy who's implied to be infertile or something because they're like "Yeah it'd be the guy too but nobody would do much with him".

I understand our main character is a (implied, I think) middle aged man but also this is downright uncomfortable to read.

Also this has immensely low stakes. If they could just leave and also cavortle around town during daytime, why don't they just fuck off and let the mist or whatever fuckery drag the town through the dirt? As long as it's stated that everyone simply left, what is the point of this book?

I could not connect with the characters either. Everything was introduced really fast and with no actual descriptions of what their deal is so I could not give a shit. Goodbye.
]]> Review6754459627 Tue, 13 Aug 2024 00:42:34 -0700 <![CDATA[Icarus added 'Chain-Gang All-Stars']]> /review/show/6754459627 Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Icarus gave 3 stars to Chain-Gang All-Stars (Hardcover) by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
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Icarus liked Levi's review of Young Gothic:
Young Gothic by M.A. Bennett
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]]> Review6749151587 Sun, 11 Aug 2024 08:19:07 -0700 <![CDATA[Icarus added 'I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me']]> /review/show/6749151587 I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me by Jamison Shea Icarus gave 4 stars to I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me (Kindle Edition) by Jamison Shea
]]> Review6749150783 Sun, 11 Aug 2024 08:18:43 -0700 <![CDATA[Icarus added 'To Break a Covenant']]> /review/show/6749150783 To Break a Covenant by Alison Ames Icarus gave 5 stars to To Break a Covenant (Hardcover) by Alison Ames
]]> ReadStatus8271326189 Sun, 11 Aug 2024 08:18:15 -0700 <![CDATA[Icarus has read 'To Break a Covenant']]> /review/show/6749150783 To Break a Covenant by Alison Ames Icarus has read To Break a Covenant by Alison Ames
]]> Review6749148690 Sun, 11 Aug 2024 08:17:55 -0700 <![CDATA[Icarus added 'A Botanical Daughter']]> /review/show/6749148690 A Botanical Daughter by Noah Medlock Icarus gave 5 stars to A Botanical Daughter (Kindle Edition) by Noah Medlock
]]> ReadStatus8271324616 Sun, 11 Aug 2024 08:17:53 -0700 <![CDATA[Icarus has read 'Camp Damascus']]> /review/show/6749149746 Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle Icarus has read Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle
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