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profiterole_reads ([personal profile] profiterole_reads) wrote2025-02-14 06:05 pm

2033: The Year Things Fell Apart by Rebecca Doll and James Gordon

2033: The Year Things Fell Apart by Rebecca Doll and James Gordon was amazing! Shortly after Em Chapman gets a new IT job in Louisville, Kentucky, former Republican President Barett Brent declares himself the real winner of the latest election.

Em is resisting fascism from the inside (very interesting and formative, as I hadn't read any book about this aspect yet), while other characters are resisting it from the outside. Note that the plot gets really dark towards the end, in a sadly plausible way. I can't wait for the sequel, though there's no cliffhanger.

Em is a poly lesbian. It's realistic polyamory that I like to call "in W": she has a wife (with a daughter), who gets an enby partner, who also has trans/enby partners, etc.