204 pages
Published 2019
Read February 4
Rating: 4 out of 5
The community of Lucille got rid of its monsters -- the cops, the capitalists, and other predators -- in the revolution. The "angels" of Lucille, those who led the revolution and those who saw it through, had to do hard things and make the hard choices, but all that seems to be in the past. Now Lucille thrives, full of loving families and a tight-knit sense of community. But there's a danger in believing the monsters are all in the past, and in forgetting that monsters can emerge from within a community at any time.
Jam accidentally summons a strange creature from her mother Bitter's artwork; the creature tells Jam to call it Pet, and that it has come to hunt a monster. What follows is luminous, vulnerable, sometimes painful examination of what it truly means to be a community, and how to maintain utopia once it's been achieved. A wonderful book.
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