I mean, yeah sure, one group wants to lock the other in concentration camps and torture the demons out of them but those SJWs can be so annoying on Tumblr can't they? And I'm not even exaggerating, those are literally the two sides of the issue in this book. Secondly, it tries to present two sides of an issue as equally valid/annoying, despite the fact that the sides are not actually equivalent (see the previous thing about using your monsters as metaphors for the LGBTQ community). In this case, he uses inter-dimensional demons as a stand in for the LGBTQ community and it… doesn't work well. It inadvertently implies that people are right to fear said minority because they can be dangerous in a way "normal people" are not. be both stand-ins for an oppressed minority and also dangerous monsters. First, it makes the (admittedly very common) mistake that a lot of Sci-Fi/Fantasy stories make. On the bad side, it has two major stumbles. The story also takes some nice twists and turns and it was fun trying to guess where the story would go. This book at least takes the step forward of making Normal Girl the main character (in place of his usual Beleaguered-Man-Participating-Against-His-Will) and he writes her well. All his books have the same three female characters: the Socially-Awkward-But-Friendly-Normal-Girl, the Oblivious-Airhead and the Hyper-Competent-Ice-Queen. I say it's his best because it shows the most progression in his writing style.
Oddly enough, this is probably simultaneously both his best and worst book to date. If you've enjoyed his other books you'll like this one. They have their issues (and they all have pretty much the same issues over and over again), but I never find them boring.
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