The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho Not half a sneeze of subversion in this recreated patriarchy. Body shaming and threats of genital mutilation serve as comedy.
Trickster Drift (Trickster #2) by Eden Robinson My favourite of the trilogy. I laughed and smiled often. Eden Robinson does an amazing job at warmly folding you into the lives of these characters.
Son of a Trickster (Trickster #1) by Eden Robinson Harrowing, one of a kind, full of humour. I snickered (like Ernie) at the exchanges between Jared and Sarah.
Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Uneven, from distasteful sympathies (the anti-abortion Lark Street and the entitled white male murderer redemption story Light Spitter) to scintillating acuity