The Administration (The Administration, #1-9) in M/M and Queer Romance Group

Mar 20, 2015 Dani rated it it was amazing

Shelves: family-systems, psychology, psychopathy, intergenerational-trauma, m-m, emotional-sucker-punch, slash, twisted, crapsack-world, online-fiction

What can I say? This series fucking floored me, elevated me, colonized my head. I can't remember the last time I was so gripped and fundamentally rattled by a book.

This is an astounding piece of work.

I have never read a series that took on most of the themes I've been passionately interested in for years - intimate power struggles, the psychology of domestic abuse, the psychology and banality of evil, the structure of totalitarian societies, the human face of organisational brutality, intergener ...more

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Sep 23, 2011 M rated it it was amazing

Shelves: extraordinary-mm, queer-sorting-hat, jealous-obsessive-possessive-mm, absolute-all-time-favs, non-versatile-couple-mm, uk-ireland-queer-mm, protect-and-serve-mm, favourite-couples-mm, rereads, dystopian-dreams

Have you ever wished that you can go back in time and undo something just so you can do it again for the first time? That is how I feel about this series. I would sell one kidney and two-thirds of my liver to be able to do just that. These stories are remarkable. They are truly some of the most awesome, well-written and obsession-inspiring things I have ever read.
Manna Francis is a genius. She writes with such skill and efficiency that the world feels entirely real and unforced. And her morally ...more

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Apr 24, 2011 LenaLena rated it it was amazing

Shelves: free-reads, mm, kindle-lendable

As an m/m series, this one is unsurpassed.

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Sep 21, 2011 Eve rated it it was amazing

This book in istself is a 4-star read for me but it's getting 5 because you need to read it first in order to read all the other short stories and books in this series, all of which are fantastic and to which I'd give 6 stars if I could.

I love these two as a couple, and I think where this book lacked for me was that the mystery took center stage and the relationship didn't progress much until the latter part of the book (so if you love plot-driven mysteries, you might actually like this aspect). ...more

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Jan 13, 2015 Angelica rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorite

It's been a long time since a book has captured my attention like this series has. I can hardly believe that I read the 1600+ pages without reading anything else in between...It was that good. I had read Mind Fuck before and didn't feel compelled to keep reading although I really liked that story, but thanks to some of the most vocal fans I decided to start all over again, and what a feast!

I won't say that I loved all the stories, but what I didn't like was soon forgotten with the execution. Thi ...more

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