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My heart was on the verge, if not of explosion than of collapse, hurtling to an inward oblivion, sucking down with it the very ground I stood on.

Hm. Chaz's pronouns should have been she throughout -- Desdemona (in dialogue and in tight third POV) misgenders her repeatedly until she is physically changed, but then says she has always been a woman. Ew, bad friend. (Also worrying implication about what is "real" transness.)

I was actually hoping for more genderfluidity. Meh.

Anyway, I didn't like Desdemona and found the plot otherwise pretty same old stuff. I didn't adore the prose either.

Not sure what I make of this so far. I don't like Desdemona, but I don't think I'm meant to. I do like Chaz and hope there's a lot more of him*.

*I read that Chaz's pronouns change, but I don't know what the preferred pronouns are so I'll stick with the ones presented to me for now by this point in the story.