I had the re-read The Space Between Worlds quickly, after beginning this one, because there were things I didn't remember and a lot of the context is needed for this one. I liked the change of perspective, with Mr Scales being a runner this time and her different views on things. It was interesting to see that she's also an unreliable narrator, and that's all right really. One thing I regretted was the lack of explanation as to why a certain event happen (I won't spoil with explaining why what, it should be obvious I guess) In any case, it's a great read, lots of action, despair, anti-heroes and queerness.
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I read a lot of SFF, obscure LGBT, travel, photography theory and women authors, in French and English.
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ju finished reading Why Are People into That? by Tina Horn
ju reviewed Those Beyond the Wall by Micaiah Johnson (The Space Between Worlds, #2)
ju finished reading Those Beyond the Wall by Micaiah Johnson (The Space Between Worlds, #2)

Those Beyond the Wall by Micaiah Johnson (The Space Between Worlds, #2)
Faced with a coming apocalypse, a woman must reckon with her past to solve a series of sudden and inexplicable …
ju reviewed Gueule de truie by Justine Niogret
Un livre court aux prémices intéressantes
3 stars
J'aime bien écouter le podcast d'Arte "Bookmakers", parce que régulièrement, ça me fait découvrir des voix très singulières et des auteur·es dont je n'avais jamais entendu parler. Et après trois épisodes avec Justine Niogret, ça donnait pas mal envie. Alors sans doute Gueule de Truie n'est pas le plus évident pour aborder sa bibliographie, l'écriture est brutale, très imagée, le propos sans interdits, donc on aime ou pas. C'est un peu indigeste parfois, dans la seconde moitié, lorsqu'on perd un peu de vue où l'auteure veut nous emmener, où on a l'impression de tourner en rond dans la folie des personnages sans aller vers une résolution. Malgré tout, il y a plein de choses intéressantes, de tournures de phrases, d'idées, d'images.
ju finished reading Gueule de truie by Justine Niogret

Gueule de truie by Justine Niogret
Il s’appelle Gueule de Truie. Le visage dissimulé sous un masque de métal, il est devenu Cavale. Aux ordres des …
ju reviewed City in Glass by Nghi Vo
ju finished reading City in Glass by Nghi Vo

City in Glass by Nghi Vo
A demon. An angel. A city.
The demon Vitrine—immortal, powerful, and capricious—loves the dazzling city of Azril. She has mothered, …
ju reviewed Personne ne sort les fusils by Sandra Lucbert
Percutant et poignant
5 stars
Un court livre hyper percutant, à la croisée entre le récit (des bribes du procès des dirigeants d'Orange), l'essai (sur le monde du travail et le langage managérial), et l'objet littéraire pour parler de cette langue et porter ce récit. Le chapitre 23 est l'illustration parfaite de la violence des entreprises et du mépris insondable de ses dirigeants pour leurs employés.
ju finished reading Personne ne sort les fusils by Sandra Lucbert

Personne ne sort les fusils by Sandra Lucbert
De mai à juillet 2019 se tient le procès France Télécom - Orange. Sept dirigeants sont accusés d'avoir organisé la …
ju rated Tristesse de la terre: 4 stars

Tristesse de la terre by Éric Vuillard (Un endroit où aller -- 255)
“Le spectacle est l’origine du monde.” Créé en 1883, le «Wild West Show» de Buffalo Bill proposait d’assister en direct …
ju finished reading Tristesse de la terre by Éric Vuillard (Un endroit où aller -- 255)

Tristesse de la terre by Éric Vuillard (Un endroit où aller -- 255)
“Le spectacle est l’origine du monde.” Créé en 1883, le «Wild West Show» de Buffalo Bill proposait d’assister en direct …
ju reviewed Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford
A wonderful alternate history
5 stars
It has the tropes of the genre : a tired detective in a metropolis he doesn't quite know, powerful men, booze and prohibition, sleazy journalists, and of course, melancholia, jazz and femmes fatales. But the rest is a very smart departure in an alternate history: what if the smallpox brought to America was a non-lethal variant? The Native community would be thriving, along the Mississippi, it would have a city and a state built on their power and syncretic beliefs. That's Cahokia, where the delicate balance that holds it all is threatened by a gruesome murder. It's a book that takes you in, and embraces you and makes you believe that Cahokia is real and pulsating, on the right bank of the Mississippi.
ju finished reading Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford

Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford
In a city that never was, in an America that never was, on a snowy night at the end of …
ju reviewed Private Rites by Julia Armfield
Elegant and mysterious
4 stars
The ending felt a bit rushed but all the built-up and atmosphere was extremely well done -- the climate catastrophe was realistic, people coping, trying to live their lives, still going to their mindless jobs in offices or serving coffee while the world slowly goes under water...