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arctoarcturus's review against another edition
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body shaming, Abortion, Medical content, Dysphoria, Animal cruelty, Misogyny, Suicide, Kidnapping, Sexism, and Body horror
saint_eleanor's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
I really loved this book for the most part, i only took some points off because i felt some of the stories were unnecessarily complicated, however they all made sense in the end (except for the mirror one?) and the last story made my skin crawwwwwl oh my god. And they were also visually so beautiful the imagery was great.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore
Moderate: Child abuse and Child death
Minor: Sexual content
havenmh's review against another edition
4.0
This slayed with the Rebecca retelling, and the last story I could read for days and never fully grasp but I like that about it.
lanid's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Body horror, and Medical content
kateofmind's review against another edition
5.0
These stories are extraordinarily imaginative, weird and poignant. If J.G. Ballard were a 21st century Italian, his output might resemble this, if he took more psychedelics. Bonus is the exquisite English prose from the translators. Don't ask me to pick a favorite story, but there is one that a lot of people outside the SFT community would really love, and that's "Rebecca", which is indeed a bizarre and entertaining take on the Dumarier classic. All the stars, including those in the sea.
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