![]() ![]() ![]() The most common relationship arc that one finds in fiction tends to be a fresh meeting that grows toward a romantic or, less often, platonic pairing-up. Come for the deliciously bizarre premise, stay for the anti-capitalism and compellingly, messily real queer relationship. But it's funny, too! There's a resilient thread of humor running throughout it. There's a cinematic clarity to its movements, a deft pace to the action, and moments of needle-sharp insight that left me breathless. The experience of reading Finna,/em> is smooth and seamless I found myself thinking that it would make a great screenplay, then was smugly pleased to learn from the acknowledgements that it started out as one. But the shenanigans are not the point they function best as a sly, winking backdrop to the deeply moving character work. The contrast between the wacky extra-dimensional (and often terrifying) hijinks and LitenVärld's soul-depleting mundanity is fresh and lovely. I tore through this book in knuckle-biting delight. For a book about travelling through nightmarish labyrinths that cut and twist between worlds, it's remarkably straightforward. There isn't a word wasted in Nino Cipri's Finna. ![]()
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