Emily Austin's Interesting Facts About Space
This is being marketed as “hilarious and hopeful” but I actually found it kind of claustrophobic most of the way through! It centers on a lesbian woman with a complicated family, commitment issues, an obsession with true crime, and a debilitating fear of bald men (that might sound funny but she is legitimately unable to function). Her increasing paranoia is hard to read and I spent the whole book waiting for the reveal of some horrible trauma. But the ending is actually kind of sweet and, yes, hopeful, so apparently it’s not that kind of book at all. There are a lot of funny moments with her dating and I did end up liking this a lot but it is very real about mental health issues. A-.
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A review copy was provided by the publisher. This book will be released on Tuesday.
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