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Depressing.

This would be so good as a horror movie in the horror-slasher b movie style.

In a world where people become zombies, straight people are still the real monster.

I called this book a wrap the second it revealed that psychosis is the horror.

The protagonist is unlikable, but I was hoping her hangups were over an ex. It felt like the obvious source of her angst. It didn't seem like the book was headed that way, though.

I probably would have only rated this book 3 stars based on the writing and characters, but despite having a well rounded cast of neurodiversity (depression, autism, psychosis) it was handled like absolute dogs dogshit.

Thanks for wasting five hours of my life.

The book is tense and there's a constant level of anxiety. Until I learned that there's a sequel. That absolutely deflated the only thing keeping me interested, so I checked it back into the library.

The beginning definitely gave me Covid-19 parallel vibes, everyone downplaying a serious thing until it became pandemic.

Enjoyable, but the actual horror elements felt a bit rushed.

It seems like many of the elements from this story were adapted into Promethius and Covenant. The parts that I didn't like so much.

Better than Alien³, though.

These Fleeting Shadows was listed as horror, which I suppose it technically is. It feels more like a coming of age fantasy story. It's certainly the best cosmic horror story I've ever read, but don't let that low low bar deter you. It has romance in it but isn't a romance, and there are gay and lesbian characters.

Apparently it's (loosely) based on another book, and I definitely appreciate what the author was going for and think she succeeded.

A feminist power fantasy which spreads itself too thin with four protagonists. Each story was good, but not great, and the ending wasn't bad but it wasn't satisfying, either.