Holly Jennings
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Kali was the only one who seemed upset about Nathan's death, even though the team had been training together for a while. And for a few chapters, it didn't even seem as if Kali cared. The way addiction was addressed felt pretty unrealistic. Good luck kicking a habit when it's your job.
I did like that Kali's team was majority women. And even though Kali's being half-Chinese felt like an excuse to put in some Taoist philosophy, I thought her teammates diversity spoke well. Derek's blackness never felt like a stereotype and Lily and Hannah's being gay didn't feel male-gazey. Rooke creeped me right out though, because he knew that Kali must be into Taoism, because she's Chinese. That whole Taoism bit felt kind of gross, actually. Not because Taoism is gross, but because it felt kind of appropriative.
The nostalgic bits were a cute nod to gaming history, but also didn't make much sense. Considering that games had evolved to full-immersion VR, I don't think that even hard-core gamers would be so excited to play Mario Kart on a console.
Anyway, not a terrible debut but not a great one either.
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