I liked the moments where the narrator got surprised, as a balance to the supercompetence displayed elsewhere. And it’s refreshing to see the competence demonstrations, loyalty, sacrifice, tradecraft, and suspense I’d usually see in milsf deployed in a story about the defense of an egalitarian commune in the woods.
I believe I noticed that the reader never gets told the narrator’s gender — I appreciated that.
The Killjoy piece
I enjoyed the Killjoy piece when Tor.com published it a few years ago and commented there in 2016 on some things I liked about it:
I liked the moments where the narrator got surprised, as a balance to the supercompetence displayed elsewhere. And it’s refreshing to see the competence demonstrations, loyalty, sacrifice, tradecraft, and suspense I’d usually see in milsf deployed in a story about the defense of an egalitarian commune in the woods.
I believe I noticed that the reader never gets told the narrator’s gender — I appreciated that.