Novella. Our world but speculative – a bit science fictional, a bit fantastical, it’s not entirely clear, but our violent oppressive world to the core. Starts on the same day as the uprising ignited by the acquittal of the police officers who beat Rodney King, and runs to the metaphorical twenty minutes into the future. A Black brother and sister with powers navigating the horrific systemic and personal anti-Blackness of the United States, working hard to survive their way towards a moment when maybe something else, something better, can be imagined. Not always easy to follow, and makes the reader do a fair bit of work. Certainly not always easy to read. But powerful, gripping, well written. Wasn’t a huge fan of the author’s *War Girls*, but this one I really like.
Originally posted by Scott on Goodreads.