What did you read this year?
Pujashree¡¯s
average rating for
2024
3.5
3.5
This was short, brutal and essential. I'm a little torn on whether this should be a longer work or not. The topic of de-extinction and ethics of big game hunting are not new to sci-fi but this one was powerful in how precisely it deployed righteous and primal rage and sorrow stopping just short of overindulgent. But there were a lot of interesting POVs that could've used more breathing room for impact on all fronts. As it stands, it is still a br
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I picked this up entirely because Natalie Naudus is one of my favorite narrators, but this turned out to be a delightful ride in its own right. This story strikes the perfect balance of a tight love story as well as oodles of representation for QTPOC in the gaming industry and the challenges they face. The author vividly and seamlessly creates a landscape of character I feel like I personally know at the intersections of various microcosms of gam
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