A Radical Liberation Journey, Cruel & Hopeful

This is everything! In a society deeply rooted in racism where even the supposed refuge becomes a haunting nightmare, radical hero Vern fiercely fights for her live and breaks all boarders of normative expectation and behavior.

It is a highly thrilling and entertaining speculative fiction horror story, but it also is an educational piece, showing how much horror there already is to be found in reality. For the most time of the tale I was breathless, was it for the thrill of cruelty or the stunning perspective on the beauty of radical kinship. These main characters are nothing like those in other stories, very often not much more but mere templates, normative, flat and oh so boring. Here, we witness multifaceted and vibrant beings bound to collective history and join them on their many-fronted, radical and compassionate struggle for liberation, healing and love. These characters, which are truly unconventional - in the sense of not obeying conventions defined and obstructed by the dominant society - are a revelation and like nothing I read about before. I am so grateful and feel honored for bearing witness to this story and I will read or listen to it many more times. Thank you so much, Rivers Solomon, for telling it.

Karen Chilton gives a great performance, giving these characters life with her voice in the audio book.

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