Thought Train to Pusan

Honestly, I’m probably a little biased with this one, and writing a review feels a little strange because not only was it written by an old pal of mine from high school but it is also quite a love-hate letter to the city I live (albeit a somewhat fictional one), Edmonton, which doesn’t always get much of a feature in a lot of the things I read or watch (though one of my previous reads this year, Birdie , did include the city as a part of the protagonists’ larger journey). There’s a familiarity to the locations and settings and feelings about living here, but this is indeed a work of fiction with some befuddling logistics, as well as some fantasy thrown in there too. Honestly, this is a bit of a strange book, but definitely hits on some important subjects and is enjoyable, if a little heavy-handed at times. The Melting Queen , follows a young individual who we are introduced to as Adam, who soon comes to reveal to the reader that they are coming to terms with a t...