#the MC is…very horrible initially. like it is very obvious cult programming but oof

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2023 reads // twitter thread  

Some Desperate Glory

adult scifi about a girl raised on a military station with last of humanity, trained to avenge the destruction of earth

but when she’s assigned a place she didn’t expect, she escapes with a captive alien & her brother’s genius friend intending to fight anyway, and discovers much more about the complexities of the universe

twisty and unpredictable

#Some Desperate Glory #aroaessidhe 2023 reads #well! I enjoyed this overall it's pretty wild #the MC is…very horrible initially. like it is very obvious cult programming but oof #it’s very…….small scale narrative with large scale effects? #like the space opera marketing feels wrong. TECHNICALLY it's a space opera setting but like. they go two places basically. small cast. #it's hard to like explain what it's about without spoiling things #I feel like…..I did want more of. anything else in the world. detail of HOW the weird scifi time things happened #but also if it had gone wider maybe the core narrative would have gotten lost and it probably would have fallen apart #also the convenient helpful adults at the end is very deus ex machina lmao #did love the friendships and MC's development! #no romance #← she goes on a date and side characters have a bit of a thing but it’s more just. about personal queerness than any actual romance? #though I’ve seen someone say her relationship with [spoiler] is a romance which I am. very confused about but okay #also. that girl on the cover is NOT an ‘enormous’ bred-to-be-a-fighter lmao #lgbtq books