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beentsy's review against another edition
4.0
Enjoyed this, I'd kind of love to have seen it fleshed out and longer to maybe a novella length. More savouring.
blchandler9000's review against another edition
3.0
Sweet and enigmatic, written in a friendly, easy to read voice.
gingerbookaddict's review against another edition
3.0
I’ve never stood in line for Space Mountain, but plenty of people do. You stand in line long enough, you’re going to ride the ride. I’d stood in line years for this place, forgoing all others.
I know how that feels.
I enjoyed the story but the writing style was a little disjointed.
I know how that feels.
I enjoyed the story but the writing style was a little disjointed.
goldbirdcages's review against another edition
3.0
"Even a total sense of failure is humbled by a mountain sky at night."
amyotheramy's review against another edition
3.0
There were hundreds of acres in all directions to lounge around besides where I was trying to build my crazy house. Every crazy woman needs a crazy house, right? You wouldn’t want us living around normal folk, would you? If I couldn’t overcome a passel of venomous serpents, then maybe I wasn’t as crazy as I thought I was, and I’d have to come down off the mountain, and the Mountain Girl just couldn’t do that. So it was me or the snakes. A hell of a lot of snakes, and there seemed to be more of them all the time.
Sometimes you just go with the crazy. This reminded me quite a bit of Leslie Marmon Silko's "Yellow Woman" in places, not nearly as edgy, but about as sensual. (The tiniest bit predictable, but a powerful voice that carries the story, so I didn't mind.) I am not one for romance, but I liked this quite a lot.
Free from Tor.com: http://www.tor.com/2013/07/31/all-the-snake-handlers-i-know-are-dead/
Sometimes you just go with the crazy. This reminded me quite a bit of Leslie Marmon Silko's "Yellow Woman" in places, not nearly as edgy, but about as sensual. (The tiniest bit predictable, but a powerful voice that carries the story, so I didn't mind.) I am not one for romance, but I liked this quite a lot.
Free from Tor.com: http://www.tor.com/2013/07/31/all-the-snake-handlers-i-know-are-dead/
cassanette's review
5.0
I have no idea what I've just read but I loved it. It was really engaging, the narrator was wonderful from the very first lines and the prose stunning. There was an aura of mystery to it but also humour which felt entirely organic. A fantastic short story. How the hell did the author make me care even about snakes??
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