Adam P. Knave
Auteur de The Once and Future Queen
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Œuvres de Adam P. Knave
Strange Angel 2: Exodus 3 exemplaires
Strange Angel 3: Revelations 2 exemplaires
Attack of the Zombies! 2 exemplaires
Amelia Cole And The Unknown World 1 1 exemplaire
The Endless Sky 1 exemplaire
Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman #11 1 exemplaire
The Once and Future Queen #1 1 exemplaire
Amelia Cole And The Unknown World 5 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
No Longer Dreams: An Anthology of Horror, Fantasy, and Science Fiction (2005) — Contributeur — 14 exemplaires
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Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Knave, Adam P.
- Date de naissance
- 1975-08-19
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieux de résidence
- New York, New York, USA
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Critiques
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 23
- Aussi par
- 5
- Membres
- 102
- Popularité
- #187,251
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 8
- ISBN
- 21
(Full disclosure: I received a free e-ARC for review through Edelweiss.)
THE AIRLESS YEAR follows a young adult named Kacee as she navigates a calendar year in middle school - hard enough on its own, but she's failing math and French; her two besties are also warring twin siblings; her parents are the worst; and she's a queer, Black girl with an unrequited crush on a super-cool nonbinary artist. In order to "succeed" - in school and relationships - she has to learn who she is, what matters most to her, and how to ask for (and accept) help.
I really wanted to like THE AIRLESS YEAR, but the story mostly fell flat for me. Maybe it's because I'm not the intended audience - it's been decades since I was Kacee's age - but very little here struck a chord in me. It's not that Kacee's struggles aren't relatable; I still remember what it felt like to be 13, impossibly awkward, and with few friends to fall back on (or at least I think I do / still am, I guess). Rather, the story just felt underwhelming.
One example: Kacee's family dynamics. Kacee is a dark-skinned Black girl; her mother is Black, but lighter-skinned, and dad is very clearly white. Both parents are kind of terrible - unsupportive scolds who badger Kacee night and day without offering any actual help, and who actively mock her (few) friends (!) - but Dad is clearly the worse of the two. One word comes to mind when describing his behavior: misogynoir. But, since race isn't really discussed at all, we're mostly left guessing over this guy.
(Yes, it's great to create a diverse story without having to actively address things like race, ethnicity, gender, sexual identity and orientation, and religion ad nauseam, but I feel like throwing in an overbearing white dad without explanation is questionable at best.)
The artwork is a bit of a mixed bag for me. Whereas the alien landscapes Kacee escapes to her in head are quite lovely, I'm not a huge fan of the people - everyone has the same weird, lumpy shape and oddly shaped head. Definitely a distraction.… (plus d'informations)