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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Fun dystopian adventure story. ( ) Ohhh I REALLY enjoyed this! The characters were smart and fun, and the plot was intriguingly addictive. I think the world building could definitely have used some work; I was initially very confused about the time period, and wanted a little more info on governing structures. But still a fun, fast read that I can’t help wish was a full-length novel. This book was as easy as breathing. This is a "give the people what they want" kinda story. A Western where librarians deliver their books in wagons and wear badges and "just happen" to be all queer women and non-binary folks, and oh yeah, are leading a secret resistance movement? EAT IT UP WITH A SPOON. Fine, but pretty insubstantial. Feels like a medium between [book:River of Teeth|31445891] and [book:Magic for Liars|34594037], but more on the River of Teeth side of the scale. Gailey's writing has massively improved over the past few years, and I'm excited to keep reading their books, but this one was just OK. This started out well, but in the end I didn't like it as much as I wanted to. The story line was a bit messy, and I found the characters a little incongruous at times. I thought the librarians showed a strange mix of empathy and callousness. I guess the book defended that with saying you have to become hardened if you live that kind of life. Perhaps, but I think it was uncalled for. I also didn't get the main character. Considering the events prior to her joining the librarians, I think her reactions were strange. It's nice that there were a lot of queer characters and I think the concept was nice. I did enjoy it to a certain degree, but I think this book had more potential.
Instead of tackling magic this time around, Gailey has populated their novella with forces we know all too well in the real world: homophobia, transphobia, misogyny, patriarchy, fascism, perpetual war, and the fraught, post-truth minefield we find ourselves navigating today. But it's the book's setting that allows Gailey to explore these ideas in a fresh way — it takes place in an indeterminate future where the United States has devolved into a society that resembles the Old West.... Couched in tart language, hard-bitten imagery, and pulp-Western punch, the novella benefits from its brevity. There's not a word or scene wasted, and the world-building hints at the enormity of America's imagined collapse without overdoing it. In a post-apocalyptic American West, Librarians deliver Approved Materials to isolated towns and outposts. They are also unwittingly delivering Esther, who ran away from home to escape an arranged marriage.... Combining winking humor, cinematic landscapes, heart-stopping action sequences, and romances that will leave readers silently squeeing, Gailey’s (Magic for Liars, 2019) slim novel is a feat of writerly sorcery that packs a sweeping political epic into fewer than 200 pages. Even as readers are charmed by the book’s sense of righteous rebellion and queer glee, the lesson Esther learns—that everyone has a right to be who they are—will catch them right in the feels. "Gailey’s gorgeous writing and authentic characters make this slim volume a pure delight." PremiosDistincionesListas de sobresalientes
Esther is a stowaway. She's hidden herself away in the Librarian's book wagon in an attempt to escape the marriage her father has arranged for her, a marriage to the man who was previously engaged to her best friend. Her best friend who she was in love with. Her best friend who was just executed for possession of resistance propaganda. The future American Southwest is full of bandits, fascists, and queer librarian spies on horseback trying to do the right thing. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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