The key to watching the Tomb shows (in general and definitely when you're stacking them) is to not even try to keep track of things. I'm only variably good at this though XD
Really curious to hear about this one.
On the (depressingly fair) assumption that I'm not going to get around to doing that rec post, here's what I have to say about it: a beautiful, beautiful take on music with a dash of fantasy re: the music but fundamentally staying within what music can and does do in real life, a very cute love story, the scifi elements were there but not the main focus (actually, this books manages to cram in a lot of genres without feeling crammed? Hat off); the main character is trans and that is dealt with both compassionately and realistically (this book definitely comes with depictions of transphobia (never condoned but shockingly present in bits of it), dubious consent, and body dysphoria warnings); generally the joy of it for me was in the characters, who are all excellent, and the love of music winding throughout. Not that the plot was bad, but it didn't feel like the central thesis of the book for me.
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Date: 2022-02-09 08:43 pm (UTC)Really curious to hear about this one.
On the (depressingly fair) assumption that I'm not going to get around to doing that rec post, here's what I have to say about it: a beautiful, beautiful take on music with a dash of fantasy re: the music but fundamentally staying within what music can and does do in real life, a very cute love story, the scifi elements were there but not the main focus (actually, this books manages to cram in a lot of genres without feeling crammed? Hat off); the main character is trans and that is dealt with both compassionately and realistically (this book definitely comes with depictions of transphobia (never condoned but shockingly present in bits of it), dubious consent, and body dysphoria warnings); generally the joy of it for me was in the characters, who are all excellent, and the love of music winding throughout. Not that the plot was bad, but it didn't feel like the central thesis of the book for me.