Recent Reading: The Circus Infinite

My general experience with media that sells itself on representation is that it often falls flat, like the creator was so excited about putting the representation they wanted to see into the world they forgot that they needed to also tell a story, or assumed that anyone engaging with their story would be so hungry for that representation that they would be remarkably forgiving of slapdash plots and flat characters. I think these are usually put out with good faith, they're just often very mediocre entertainment.
 

 

Nevertheless, (although I had a lot of fun) going to Pride last month reminded me uncomfortably of how lonely being asexual can be, even amidst other queer people, so I sought out some books that centered asexual and/or aromantic characters, and the first of these I've set down to read was this one:
 
The character: Jes, asexual
Final verdict: Thumbs down

 

For this reason, I'm breaking this review into two parts: the representation of asexuality, and the rest.
 

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