The Petting Zoos

Note: I received this as an ARC from NetGalley. This has not impacted my review. 

Reading this book in the midst of a pandemic was a weird and welcome experience. I know for some people it was very confronting but I found the concept of a pandemic book satisfying to escape our lived pandemic into a speculative one.  I really liked the concept of a society that was so deprived of touch that it lead to weird social norms and customs but I really did not feel the pacing or characters in this book. Ultimately I did not finish this during the pre-release window - I always intended to come back to it to finish and provide a complete and honest review but with so many great books on my TBR I just couldn't justify returning to a book I wasn't feeling.