However, though this may sound exhausting, on the contrary, reading Khaw is emotionally rewarding both in its cinematic propulsion and in the depth they give to their deeply scarred, traumatized characters. Everything is set at the raw limits of endurance, of restraint, of capacity, of emotion, of stakes. Their title is more than appropriate, because everything about this book-the characters, the situation, the universe that surrounds them all-is indeed all-consuming. That’s not an easy atmosphere to achieve with any believability, but Khaw has more than managed it in their new space opera. In the case of The All-Consuming World (Erewhon, 2021, $25.95) by Cassandra Khaw, there are many moments of fierce, passionate, and beautiful connection in the midst of savagery and explosive, bloody violence. It’s an interesting contradiction that beauty can be found in the most unlikely of places.
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