6/6/2023 0 Comments Future feeling by joss lakeI’m still not sure how to classify Future Feeling-but defying neat categorization is kind of the point. Plus, this book is fun: hexes, moonlit rituals, a pet plant named Alice the Aloe, and well-placed critiques of gender, capitalism, and the alienating nature of advanced technology all abound. More than linger, Lake embraces it, forgoing the neat narrative of before and after in favor of the messiness of process and becoming. But I love how Future Feeling lingers in the mayhem. Am I doing the plot justice? Not really-I told you this book revels in its own chaos, and chaos and coherent narrative summary don’t tend to mix. Rather than falling on its intended target, the hex sends Blithe, an adopted Chinese trans man raised by white parents, to the Shadowlands, a dark landscape one goes to when they have “completely lost their shit.” The Rhiz, a highly elite underground queer organization, enlists Pen and Aiden to bring Blithe back from the Shadowlands, where he’s struggling emotionally with his transracial upbringing and gender transition. Joss Lake’s debut novel kicks off when Pen, a trans man who works as a dog walker, enlists his roommates, the Witch and the Stoner-Hacker, to place a hex on Aiden, a trans influencer whom Pen resents. Part sci-fi, part fantasy, part trans Brooklynite millennial saga, Future Feeling revels in its own chaos.
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