This was...a strange one. Not in that the story was too strange, as I love strange stories. It's that it had so much of what I should have really enjoyed in it, but I just didn't.

I saw another review that summed it up well, that there was no room to breathe. It's too short and too fast, so reveals don't feel earned, and there's too many concepts floating about that feel little explored. It's a VERY interesting world, and I wanted more of it.

I also get very *ick* about fantasy stories where trans characters are just suffering. I get that it's a dystopia, but it's high fantasy. Must we suffer persecution in every universe? I find no catharsis in it.