Fantastic Four

Jul. 23rd, 2025 05:39 pm
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Fantastic Four was a lot of fun. It's not an origin story, despite the title.

I'm not big on this team, but I appreciated that there was a very strong focus on the fact that they're scientists, not just superheroes.

There are 2 mid/post-credits scenes.

Monsoon Queen by Jo Carthage

Jul. 21st, 2025 05:39 pm
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Monsoon Queen by Jo Carthage was awesome! Noor, a Somali slave hiding her magic, escapes her master and joins the Yemeni resistance against the British Empire.

This book has amazing worldbuilding based on East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. It starts in Tajoura (which is now located in Djibouti), then goes to Yemen, in 1812 (Gregorian calendar) / 1227 (Islamic calendar).

I found this novel a little too short (40k+), but there will thankfully be 4 of them. The characters are interesting, and there's one I'm feral about.

There's major f/f and m/m.
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The Hazards of Love Vol. 2, written and illustrated by Stan Stanley, was as amazing as the first book! Amparo is stuck in Bright World. Iolanthe investigates from the living world, with the help of butch medium Al.

I love the weird, Addams Family-like worldbuilding and the colourful art. This tome expands on various secondary characters and the plot thickens with their help.

There's a Latinx non-binary protagonist (they/them), as well as many POC and/or queer characters. For more LGBT Quick Reads, check out my rec list.
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[personal profile] duckprintspress's Pride Bundle 2025: General Imprint Short Stories (not available any more, but most of these stories can be found on DPP's Patreon) was absolutely delightful!

DPP is an indie press publishing diverse original works by fanwork creators, so it's not surprising that I vibed so much with these stories. Most of them are speculative.

There's non-binary rep (they/them, neo-pronouns, pronoun combinations or no pronouns), f/f and m/m.

Brick

Jul. 12th, 2025 05:26 pm
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Netflix's German movie Brick was intriguing. People end up stuck in their building when a mysterious black wall suddenly surrounds it.

I thought the explanation at the end was solid (movies like that tend to either leave you without an explanation or have an explanation so basic that no explanation would have been better).

Matthias Schweighöfer (Ludwig Dieter in Army of Thieves, Jack of Hearts in Heart of Stone) stars in this.
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