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Shortlisted for the 2022 Shirley Jackson Award


Unwieldy Creatures, a biracial, queer, nonbinary retelling of Mary Shelley's classic novel Frankenstein, follows the story of three beings who all navigate life from the margins: Plum, a queer biracial Chinese intern at one of the world's top embryology labs, who runs away from home to openly be with her girlfriend only to be left on her own; Dr. Frank, a queer biracial Indonesian scientist, who compromises everything she claims to love in the name of science and ambition when she sets out to procreate without sperm or egg; and Dr. Frank's nonbinary creation who, painstakingly brought into the world, is abandoned due to complications at birth that result from a cruel twist of revenge. Plum struggles to determine the limits of her own ambition when Dr. Frank offers her a chance to assist with her next project. How far will Plum go in the name of scientific advancement and what is she willing to risk?

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    1938841360
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"A true original and a perfect example of a flip from a historical classic to a contemporary one." - Buzzfeed News

"Unwieldy Creatures takes a long, hard look at who is monster and who isn't . . . Tsai's characters are vivid and compelling." - Midwest Book Review


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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Jaded Ibis Press, LLC (August 2, 2022)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 300 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1938841360
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1938841361
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.67 x 8.5 inches
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A gender-swapped queer Asian-American retelling of Frankenstein...it might seem like a bit much to say but it works perfectly & is compelling. This is not just a satisfying homage that stays very true to Shelley's story while making itself something very much its own. Moving, sinister, celebratory, and terrifying, Tsai gives us a story that feels deeply and lingers with us.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A compelling retelling
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A gender-swapped queer Asian-American retelling of Frankenstein...it might seem like a bit much to say but it works perfectly & is compelling. This is not just a satisfying homage that stays very true to Shelley's story while making itself something very much its own. Moving, sinister, celebratory, and terrifying, Tsai gives us a story that feels deeply and lingers with us.
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Daniel Casey
4.0 out of 5 stars A compelling retelling
Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2022
A gender-swapped queer Asian-American retelling of Frankenstein...it might seem like a bit much to say but it works perfectly & is compelling. This is not just a satisfying homage that stays very true to Shelley's story while making itself something very much its own. Moving, sinister, celebratory, and terrifying, Tsai gives us a story that feels deeply and lingers with us.
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Jennifer Cologna
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic read
Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2024
What a clever retelling of Frankenstein, especially since Frankenstein exists within its Canon. I really appreciated the exploration of how toxic masculinity can manifest within nonbinary/transmasc folx but also how community, love, and support is so important for everyone.
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Lady
4.0 out of 5 stars My emotions are unwieldy
Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2024
This story was a delight to read. I wish I had reread Frankenstein before I read this, but I still remembered enough of it to appreciate the wonder of this story. To say that I appreciated the intersectional natures of all the characters’ identities (crossing queerness, genders, cultures) is such an understatement. This year I am aiming to intentionally diversify my bookshelves and this novel was the perfect start to that. I can’t encompass everything I feel about this book into words, but it will stay with me for a long time.
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Nicole Zelniker
5.0 out of 5 stars A wild ride
Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2023
The queer Frankenstein retelling I never knew I needed. The whole book was wonderful, but that back half had me absolutely hooked. I intended to take my time with this one and then finished the book in one night.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Covers a lot of ground: queer, gender, racial issues; morality and ethics of fertility treatments
Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2022
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I have been on a bit of a horror-reading binge, most recently with Addie’s Tsai’s Unwieldy Creatures, a contemporary retelling of Frankenstein, so contemporaneous that it brings IVF (in vitro fertilization) and other enhancements to human fertility to the equation as well as being a queer, gender-swapped variation of Frankenstein.

As a physician, I am fully cognizant of the ethical and moral issues that must be considered in the creation and ending of life and was pleased that Unwieldy Creatures didn’t set those aside but brought them to the forefront with two brilliant—but morally bankrupt—scientists “duke it out” with the feelings and lives of others, including ones they have created in test tubes.Unwieldy Creatures takes a long, hard look at who is monster and who isn't.

This book also deals with family issues: what does a family consist of? is a family made or created? In addition, it handles in a sensitive way the issues of gender norms and differences: what does a male or female consist of? are genders made or created? from nature or nuture? In addition, the novel deals with the struggles of being from a mixed background: which race is dominant? the one whose genes are strongest? the one the child is raised as? As the mother of a mixed-race child, I find this line of thought very intriguing.

Tsai’s characters are vivid and compelling, their personalities ranging from the extreme narcissism of Dr. Frank to almost all-accepting Pine. The writing was stylistically unique enough that I underlined a lot of choice lines starting on the second page.
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