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124 reviews

dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

nicolás presents us with a familiar story, an exploration of the watcher’s flood, following the fall of lucifer. like the first book, he digs deeper into the theology and mythology of the Old testament, taking us through the ruins of a supposed utopia and the Earth. angels were made by god, as were humans and animals and plants; by exploring the dynamic of angels and humans, nicolás presents the question of how much does god know? can a god who is supposedly so loving, caring for each part of his creation be capable and willing to enact such a cruel wrath upon us? or is his love conditional, and will someday be out of our reach, just like the others?

a heart wrenching, beautiful exploration of love between angels, humans, and demons, questioning the patriarchal power of god and the language we use to describe ourselves and the way we love, fuck, birth, live.

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The Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

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dark tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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The Book of Queer Saints: Volume I by Mae Murray

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Playing Well with Others: Your Field Guide to Discovering, Exploring and Navigating the Kink, Leather and Bdsm Communities by Lee Harrington, Mollena Williams

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informative slow-paced

4.25

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Parallel Hells by Leon Craig

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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decolonizing trans/gender 101 by b. binaohan

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challenging informative medium-paced

5.0

an excellent look at the various ways that trans feminine people of color are repeatedly left out of the ‘rights’ conversation due to colonialism, racism, and transmisogyny, specifically in response to the 2012 book Transgender 101 by Nicholas Teich, a white trans man. binaohan examines how white queer and trans people continually use white privilege to gain power at the expense of further targeting trans feminine Indigenous, Black, and people of color.

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