Truth of the Divine

“We all have ways of showing our patriotism, and mine is holding my country to account. I want to dissuade her from her worst, cruellest impulses, for I truly believe that if she does not evolve past them, she will not survive.”

Truth of the Divine (Noumena, #2) by Lindsay Ellis

December 11, 2023 by narfna 3 Comments

I don’t have it in me right now to talk about this book in the way that it deserves. This is a book that explores the fallout from First Contact (and the fallout from covering up First Contact) in practically every way possible. There was so much going on in this book (and all of it done well), I don’t even know how to start summing it up. I’m tempted to just do the bullet points thing. In fact, you know what, fuck it. I’mma […]

A tough read that gives a lot of attention to struggles with mental health

Truth of the Divine by Lindsey Ellis

September 28, 2023 by ingres77 2 Comments

For what was perhaps the first time in my life, I read a book with a trigger warning that I actually benefited from. I didn’t know, at the time, that I was going to be grateful for the warning, but it helped prepare me for the in-depth exploration of trauma and mental illness that followed. So this review, too, has a trigger warning. Self-harm and suicidal ideation feature prominently in this review, because they both feature prominently in the novel. Through some gift of fortune […]

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