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2023 reads // twitter thread

Margins and Murmurations

set in a near future after a climate crisis, in an oppressive militarised state somewhere in Europe

A 72yo trans woman and her friend have long since escaped, living in the woods together, until a resistance fighter arrives and they find themselves drawn back into the fight

centres queer and trans characters, sex workers, and the complicated process of activism and survivial

large cast

#Margins and Murmurations #aroaessidhe 2023 reads #I picked this up the MC is aro - though this is only vaguely mentioned in a single line tbh (without the word)#i feel like it could have been a bit clearer however still really liked her! a great MC #a trans woman not concerned with other people’s idea of passing is gr8 #liked the complexities of revolution and community organising and that intercommunity issues are never going away #(ie vegans being like no meat in our safe space and disabled people being like. ok but we'll die tho?)#the writing is a bit rough in places #there’s a lot of worldbuilding told through the characters telling it to each other like……they clearly know this already; and are only sayin #saying it for the reader to learn. awkwardly #some headhopping and I think sometimes more concerned with telling us something that the characters and narrative….#the time travel thing is very much………I feel like you could have taken it out and it wouldn’t have changed anything? other than her descicion #descision making? the end also felt abrupt. I know there are other books in the world so maybe that had something to do with it #but yea it's interesting and i enjoyed it overall!#do check CWs #aromantic books #(kinda. and there's bits of romance with other characters)

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