rachel, x's Reviews > Proof of Concept

I picked this book up during a fill-a-bag-for-$5 library sale, purely because it was a Tor.com novella. Turns out that isn’t a reliable way for choosing a new favourite. One chapter in, I instantly regretted giving this a try.

With complete honesty, I can say that I did not understand a shred of what happened in the entire 144 pages.

➸ Trigger warnings for (view spoiler)[child pregnancy as the result of incestuous rape mentioned (father-daughter), emesis, human medical experimentation, alcohol consumption mentioned, recreational drug use mentioned, dead body, death of a partner by stabbing (off-page), and murder & mass murder (hide spoiler)].

▷ Representation: Nigerian, queer & nonbinary scs.

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