The great style of writing doesn't save the fact that this book focuses its forward movement solely on trauma theater. Content warning for very graphic sexual assault and child abuse scenes. I had to put it down multiple times for my own mental health and barely made it through the end. Not quite redemptive at the end either, at least not in a way that felt satisfying.
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Fatu rated The Narrow Road Between Desires: 4 stars

Patrick Rothfuss: The Narrow Road Between Desires (DAW)
The Narrow Road Between Desires by Patrick Rothfuss
An upcoming novella set in Temerant centred around Bast. Illustrated by Nate Taylor.
Fatu rated Immortal Longings: 5 stars

Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong (Flesh and False Gods, #1)
Inspired by Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra, Immortal Longings is a fiery collision of power plays, spilled blood, and romance …
Fatu rated Guards! Guards!: 4 stars

Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett (Discworld (8))
Fatu reviewed Perish by Latoya Watkins
Trauma theater
2 stars
Fatu rated The Colour of Magic: 4 stars

The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #1)
Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent novels are consistent number one bestsellers in England, where they have garnered him a revered position …
Fatu reviewed Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett (Discworld (3))
Fantastic Writing
4 stars
Pratchett has a great sense of wit and humor and it comes through in this piece. Great for a first foray into the DiscWorld. I appreciated the ending on this one more than I did on the other two I've read, and both my partner and I had plenty of laugh-out-loud moments while reading
Fatu reviewed Mort by Terry Pratchett
Great Writing, Cop-Out Ending
4 stars
I appreciate Pratchett's commitment to the absurd, though I thought the Deus Ex ending was a bit heavy-handed and could've used more nuance and gravitas. Still, it's worth the read, even if you haven't delved too much into the Discworld series

Mort by Terry Pratchett
Death takes on an apprentice who's an individual thinker.
Fatu rated The Disordered Cosmos: 4 stars

The Disordered Cosmos by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
From a star theoretical physicist, a journey into the world of particle physics and the cosmos — and a call …
Fatu rated The Spear Cuts Through Water: 4 stars

The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez
The people suffer under the centuries-long rule of the Moon Throne. The royal family—the despotic emperor and his monstrous sons, …
Fatu rated We Do This 'Til We Free Us: 5 stars

We Do This 'Til We Free Us by Mariame Kaba, Tamara K. Nopper, Naomi Murakawa
A reflection on prison industrial complex abolition and a vision for collective liberation from organizer and educator Mariame Kaba.
“Organizing …
Fatu rated We Do This 'Til We Free Us: 5 stars

We Do This 'Til We Free Us by Mariame Kaba, Tamara K. Nopper, Naomi Murakawa
A reflection on prison industrial complex abolition and a vision for collective liberation from organizer and educator Mariame Kaba.
“Organizing …
Fatu reviewed The truth by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, part 25)
Relevant and Engaging
4 stars
Great piece of work. The first one of Pratchett's I happen to read. The beginning was a little difficult for me given all the characters introduced but it picks up and was actually really engaging and incredibly relevant to issues of mis/disinformation today
Fatu reviewed Red Rock Stories by Stephen Trimble
Good Marker of a Historical Moment
3 stars
I enjoyed the premise and context - intergenerational authors and advocates joining their voices to the creation of Bear Ears National Monument Park. It's nice to see Native voices included, though it still feels lacking given it was a Tribal Coalition-led endeavor. At times, particularly with the older authors, it's too liberal white-gazey for me to give it more than 3 stars. The few phenomenal pieces peppered in between, and the historical nature of the context make this worth a casual read.