Manhunt
Books | Fiction / Horror
3.7
(143)
Gretchen Felker-Martin
"By far the best book I've read this year.” —Roxane Gay #1 Best Book of 2022 (Vulture) • A Best Horror Novel of All Time (Cosmopolitan) • One of the Best Horror Novels of 2022 (Esquire, Library Journal, Paste, and CrimeReads) • A Top 10 Horror Debuts of 2022 (Booklist) • A Goodreads Choice Award nominee for Best Horror • A Best Book of 2022 (Tor.com) • A Best SFF Book of 2022 (Gizmodo) • A Top 25 Most Influential Works of Postwar Queer Literature (The New York Times Style Magazine).Manhunt is an explosive post-apocalyptic novel that follows trans women and trans men on a grotesque journey of survival.“A modern horror masterpiece.” —Carmen Maria MachadoBeth and Fran spend their days traveling the ravaged New England coast, hunting feral men and harvesting their organs in a gruesome effort to ensure they'll never face the same fate.Robbie lives by his gun and one hard-learned motto: other people aren't safe.After a brutal accident entwines the three of them, this found family of survivors must navigate murderous TERFs, a sociopathic billionaire bunker brat, and awkward relationship dynamics—all while outrunning packs of feral men, and their own demons."A filthy, furious delight."—The New YorkerAlso by Gretchen Felker-Martin:CuckooBlack FlameAt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
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Author
Gretchen Felker-Martin
Pages
272
Publisher
Tor Publishing Group
Published Date
2022-02-22
ISBN
125079465X 9781250794659
Ratings
Google: 5
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"Oh wow. This book was a wild ride. It’s for sure one of the most jolting books I’ve read. But it’s far from perfect, and that’s ok. I was thoroughly impressed with how dislikable the villains were, and how disgusting the depictions of gore and violence were. Felker-Martin does an exceptional job of fleshing out characters with interiority and depth, she crafts a believable narrative, brutally unforgiving and complex. However at times the narrative felt too muddled and stagnated for me. 🌲 "
"I think taking the trope of “what would happen if all the men were to disappear tomorrow” and adding a trans femme perspective is so interesting. The characters are well written and I love Ramona and I’m happy that Beth had the guts to stand up to her at the end and tell her to **** off. I love it.<br/><br/>I think we need to discuss the racial issues with disemboweling a black cis woman for having empathy for the trans femmes. The This does take place in a dystopia but when facing the annals of fascism you cant just ignore the racial history of gender. Again I’m feeling just a bit icky about the white centric universe of the new womyn’s republic."
"2.5 stars<br/><br/>Ooooof, this one was a read. I might have to sit on this for a bit to have a more articulate review, but here are my thoughts in a nutshell:<br/><br/>I always believed I was 100% accepting and looking to unlearn toxic thoughts; however this book opened up my eyes to certain things to be more challenging. Even for the most "woke" person, this book can provide a different perspective on things that could be challenging. This story is extreme; very extreme. <br/>I love the whole men turning into monsters - there's definitely a deeper meaning to this with misogyny and "hierarchy" of men VS women. <br/>I was not a fan of the sex - the whole spitting thing... not a fan.<br/><br/>There were parts that I liked, and parts that just wasn't for me, hence my GR rating 3 stars, but true rating 2.5<br/><br/>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br/>Updated review 11/7/23<br/>This book definitely put me in a book slump, and not in a good way. After reading Manhunt, I feel drained and not interested to pick up another book; not because nothing can compare to it, but because I spend so many days opening this book to try and get through it. And I think I'm finally able to recognize that the writing just wasn't for me. I really wanted to like this book, I did. But the writing was so hard to follow, and there was so much fluff that it literally put me to sleep a few times. <br/>I appreciate the difficult themes and topics, the subjects that can cause an argument at a particular family dinner. I liked the idea, and a few parts of this book. But overall, it just wasn't executed in a way that made me enjoy it. And that makes me really sad."
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Valerie Hansel
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