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@mayintoronto it really is!

Good god, transition gave me such a wonderful relationship with my body, and some days it just *hits*. 🥰

@JoscelynTransient phaw, reading is pleasure and should be enjoyed only at such a pace as it is pleasurable!!

Ok so

People have been DMing me as they read Nameless to talk about, like, their favorite scenes or about the book as a whole

And just

That is hands down the best part of publishing Nameless. Please, if you're thinking about it and aren't sure, send the message!

@Her_Doing thank you!!!

Overall, Wendler has done her homework with “Nameless”, and it results in an incredibly entertaining work. It’s cyberpunk in the classical sense, grit without hopelessness, and even provides a blueprint on how to fight against this hopelessness. Its characters are beautifully human, as intricate as the world Wendler has created, with complex motivations and backgrounds, virtues and failings. In summary, if you are looking for an entertaining evening or two with a great cyberpunk read, I strongly recommend picking up “Nameless”."

Just... Wow. That's maybe the nicest thing anyone's ever said about my writing.

The most wonderful review of Nameless got posted yesterday, and I just have to share it:

"Zoe Wendler’s book, “Nameless”, is an intricately beautiful queer cyberpunk mystery. It starts simply enough; a murdered body broken down by nanites must be identified. But the murder and dissolution of this particular body is nothing simple, and the rabbit hole that question leads to is remarkably deep.

The world building in Wendler’s book is intricate, thinking through the questions and effects of introducing technologies like nanites to the world, including social, economic, and geopolitical effects, and the human costs and benefits such upheavals generate. The resulting world fits classic cyberpunk, producing a world twisted by technology that has its grim aspects, but does not dip into hopelessness, and in fact deliberately shows the importance of hope - and how hope survives and thrives - within grim societies. The book also shows its care in how it handles groups of people, including military veterans, those with disabilities, homeless people and people on the margins, and queer individuals. The queer aspects in particular are deftly handled; it shades plot and events, being integral without overwhelming, to the point that the book can provide non-queer individuals with a realistic portrait of the values, philosophy, and sociology of queer society.

Individual characters are handled deftly in the book. People-building is given the same care as world-building,with each person having their backgrounds and motivations; the effect of this is that no one is a one-dimensional hero or villain. Everyone has backstory, everyone has motivations, and it can be difficult to determine who the real villain of the story is - exactly what would be wanted from a murder mystery.

The plot… buckle up, because it is a wild ride. It ramps up quickly, it does not let up until the denouement, has multiple twists and turns, and it will leave you guessing until near the end. It’s an entertaining read, one you will be reluctant to put down once it starts.

1/2

@SymTrkl Thank you so much, Jenny!! I'm really glad you loved it.