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"You are one. We are many. You can not make us feel your shame."

I don't like the voice of the audio narrator, but the story is super cool. I probably have to listen to it a second time back to back, cause there is so much queer stuff going on that I certainly miss some of it.

1/1/6/20
P150

I'm glad I gave Newitz another chance after my disappointment with "Automonous". This novel reads much better.

A cool start!

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1/5/20 p74
This is why you don't use the kindle app

1/5/20
P74
Loving the alt history details. Some of them are VERY clever and deeper than expected (like how in the actual Flim Flam (sp) book the character fleeing the alternate world he found where women are in charge).
Also the outfit descriptions are dope, especially the New Women of the 1800s. Speaking of, I love the comparisons of 1890s anarchism with the 1990s riot grrl scene.

I must not compare this to This Is How You Lose The Time War. I must not compare this to This Is How You Lose The Time War. I must not compare this to This Is How You Lose The Time War.

"I looked at Anita, waiting for me to spill my guts, and decided to stop lying to myself. Beneath the modern political rhetoric and academic theories of history, I had an ancient hope that was indistinguishable from Spiritualism. If my edit took, maybe the good I'd done would outweigh the evil."

I think I'm going to finish the rest of this in one go.

I wasn't sure about this book at first, but I'm super into it right now.

what the fuck

The time travel in this is so unique. I don't think I've ever read about a kind of time travel that was discovered as an ancient geological mechanism rather than being an invention of the future, or how time travel is so commonplace, even to people of long gone time periods.

Imagine my surprise when it’s revealed the time machine is based on a wormhole discovered in Flin Flon! Main character even waits for a small plane to taker her back to WINNIPEG!

There's a place in France... I cannot get this song out of my head!

i had to wait a whole month to get this back on libby cause i started it a few days before it was due and i’m SO HAPPY, it’s stunning.

I really enjoyed this book with its ideas of female and non-patriarchal empowerment and the ideas of a vibrant but complex (see the scenes centering around violence) feminism. I thoroughly enjoyed how it brought the 1890s to life and deftly commented on the moment of its writing within larger themes. I only thought that the middle drags a bit in terms of the writing, but this might disappear on a reread.

This is already depressing me.

So far, I really enjoy the nuanced commentary on violence and anarchism, on women's rights and partiarchal privilege that connects the 1890s and the 1990s (probably across timestreams). i really enjoy the way the book deals with both systemic and individual violence as a road to hell paved with the belief in a better world. In terms of characters, I do have a slight preference for the 1890s crowd so far.

Oooh, this is already starting to get horrifying.

The "rules" for time travel in this world are strangely specific. I wonder if they are for plot reasons or humor or just because the author is quirky.

WOAH

Great so far!

Can’t tell if I’m enjoying this book or not, the plot is intriguing, but it has way much more gore than expected.

this book is so freakin good

So far, I really enjoy the nuanced commentary on violence and anarchism, on women's rights and partiarchal privilege that connects the 1890s and the 1990s (probably across timestreams). i really enjoy the way the book deals with both systemic and individual violence as a road to hell paved with the belief in a better world. In terms of characters, I do have a slight preference for the 1890s crowd so far.

100% convinced tess is older beth or lizzy (more likely beth) but beth ranaway before she could tell her. beth is so brave i hope she doesnt do anything bad (besides what she just did)

also need more enid and bernice but i feel like there wont be much

tess tell me who u really are

I started this yesterday and have been completely swept up. I'm nervous about the ending!