Such small things can feel validating

[Holmbo]

I was reading the book Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots and was touched by the main characters grief about losing her friend. And another character not dismissing her feeling about it.

 

 

[Needlemouse]

Now I have to find that book! It really is touching! I'm glad to see something about friendship for once!

How's the book though? Is it good?

[Holmbo]

@BloodLustiI think it's good. Warning for extreme body horror at some points though if you're sensitive to that.

It's about a woman who works as a hench for super villains. There's lots of lgbt rep and no romantic relationships.

[Nix]

Sounds awesome! Thank you for the recommendation, I’m putting it on my to-read list :)

[hemogoblin]

Guess I'll just add my 400th book to my growing tbr. D| That book sounds really interesting!

[castletalk]

oh I LOVED this book! It was the most fun I've had with superhero-type stuff in a long time. plus i hadn't really thought of it through an aro lens before, but now im thinking it's not much of a stretch at all to read the main character as arospec/lithromantic.

[Holmbo]

On 10/14/2023 at 4:17 AM, castletalk said:

oh I LOVED this book! It was the most fun I've had with superhero-type stuff in a long time. plus i hadn't really thought of it through an aro lens before, but now im thinking it's not much of a stretch at all to read the main character as arospec/lithromantic.

Could be. For me it just matters that the friendship is presented as important.

Although now that I think about it there is a scene where the main character describes a romantic relationship and another says something like "is that what you think a relationship is?" So it does seem she's clueless about romance at least.