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The premise intrigued me, but unfortunately i couldn't make it past the first 15 pages or so. A conversation between two people was presented as one giant run-on sentence, with no dialogue tags, quotation marks, or even capitalization aside from the first word when a new person started speaking. This went on for multiple pages and i could not focus on it at all.

Giving five stars specifically for The Shape Of My Name, which punched me right in the heart, and Before We Disperse Like Star Stuff, which I swear to god could be about real people with the way the dialogue was written, but all of the stories were good.

Everything in this book feels simultaneously grounded in reality and delightfully speculative, with sci-fi, paranormal, and horror elements interspersed perfectly with complex queer characters and messy relationships of all kinds and cool story formats. I'm gonna be thinking about this book for a good long while.

This book would probably be useful for anyone just starting out, but if you've already looked into zero waste options, most of the tips will likely sound familiar.

One page says that only 14% of all plastic has ever been recycled, but a later page says it's only 9%. Also, despite the author's claim of trying to keep the book as concise as possible to avoid wasting paper, there are unnecessary decorative pages between every single chapter. So I'm hesitant to completely trust this author, even though many of the tips given are good.

This book is a good comfort read. It is a slice of life story that explores the process of healing from trauma (notably survivor's guilt), various types of relationships (particularly romantic and familial), and the ways that different people go about their daily lives. The setting is low fantasy and has room for more exploration in future books. If you like low-stakes character-driven stories, please consider giving it a try.