Reviews and Comments

Whoa, I was not prepared for this one. I had just finished a 600-page epic fantasy slog, and I was looking for something short to read at bedtime as a change of pace: "Hey, Lauren Beukes, Zoo City and The Shining Girls were great, I'll grab this one!"

Ungirls is a chillingly plausible peek at the outcome of the invention of vat-grown "sex bodies", complete with all-too-realistic disgusting subreddits and a Jordan Peterson clone.

Content warnings: explicit imagery of sex, violence, sex violence, pedophilia, extreme misogyny, doxxing, stalking

Side note: I can't remember having encountered a novel's title as a catchphrase in the text so many times before: every time I read "grace of kings", I would think to myself, "Hot Tub Time Machine."

Great world and cultures, I really enjoyed them, as well as the storytelling in isolated sections.

However, it bothered me to no end that the greater plot arc was driven by inexplicable, near-psychotic personality shifts across a range of major characters.

It's also unfortunate that the outcome of a Song-of-Ice-and-Fire-style fantasy imperial conflict is spoiled by the actual name of the trilogy. 😐

This was really a miss for me. I got a very similar feeling as with Never Let Me Go, where I spent the whole book being irritated with the characters and waiting for the story to begin.

The most enjoyable part for me was reading about the characters geeking out about classic scifi and fantasy.

I know it's the first installment in a series, but I was hoping for a little more conclusion in the conclusion

The typeface on this cover is so close to ᑐᑌᑎᑕ