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Bang Bang Bodhisattva
Bang Bang Bodhisattva | Aubrey Wood
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Someone wants trans girl hacker-for-hire Kiera Umehara in prison or dead—but for what? Failing to fix their smart toilet? It’s 2032 and we live in the worst cyberpunk future. Kiera is gigging her ass off to keep the lights on, but her polycule’s social score is so dismal they’re about to lose their crib. That’s why she's out here chasing cheaters with Angel Herrera, a luddite P.I. who thinks this is The Big Sleep. Then the latest job cuts too deep—hired to locate Herrera’s ex-best friend (who’s also Kiera’s pro bono attorney), they find him murdered instead. Their only lead: a stick of Nag Champa incense dropped at the scene. Next thing Kiera knows, her new crush turns up missing—sans a hand (the real one, not the cybernetic), and there’s the familiar stink of sandalwood across the apartment. Two crimes, two sticks of incense, Kiera framed for both. She told Herrera to lose her number, but now the old man might be her only way out of this bullshit... A fast-talker with a heart of gold, Bang Bang Bodhisattva is both an odd-couple buddy comedy that never knows when to shut up, and an exploration of finding yourself and your people in an ever-mutable world.
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swynn
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(2023) It's a cyberpunk noir mystery with lots of queer characters, and it's a hoot. Kiera is a trans woman in a polycule trying to make rent and save up for surgery, so she leases her skills to Herrera, a racially adjusted ex-cop PI. The mystery is just okay, but the setting and attitude are spot on, the generation-gap dynamic between Kiera and Herrera is fun, and the themes of transformation are thought-provoking. Looking forward to a sequel.

MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm My TBR pile is multiplying quickly while I play catch up on your posts. 😅 8mo
swynn @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm Heh heh. My evil plan is working. Hope you like the ones you get around to! 8mo
MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm Lol! My TBR will definitely outlive me, so one can only hope. 🤣 8mo
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swynn
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The big idiot‘s robot fist plowed into Kiera‘s face like a bullet train splattering a little baby bunny. As evenings go, this was a net loss.

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Suet624 😳😳😳 9mo
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