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bookish_notes's review
5.0
This is a nice addition to [b:The Shadow Society|10356760|The Shadow Society (The Shadow Society #1)|Marie Rutkoski|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1343484595s/10356760.jpg|15259729]. We only saw Zephyr for one scene, if I remember correctly, and then was only mentioned in passing for the rest of the book. So, it was nice to understand her a little bit more and seeing her interact with a human.
pastryghost's review
4.0
★★★★
This short world building tie-in was included at the back of The Shadow Society paperback. My only regret is that it isn't long enough! I loved the Shadow Society book and it's world, I wanted it to actually become a series... (Funny because one of the reasons I picked up the book was because it's a standalone...)
This short story gives us just a glimpse of what-could-have-been, at other diverse stories within this universe. I'd like to read a whole collection of these. Too short, but an interesting read!
This short world building tie-in was included at the back of The Shadow Society paperback. My only regret is that it isn't long enough! I loved the Shadow Society book and it's world, I wanted it to actually become a series... (Funny because one of the reasons I picked up the book was because it's a standalone...)
This short story gives us just a glimpse of what-could-have-been, at other diverse stories within this universe. I'd like to read a whole collection of these. Too short, but an interesting read!
elevetha's review
2.0
2.5 stars.
Maybe it'd help with the confusion factor if I read [b:The Shadow Society|10356760|The Shadow Society|Marie Rutkoski|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1343484595s/10356760.jpg|15259729]. Yeah, probably. Still, nice writing but nothing spectacular and not enough length and meat to the story to make me terribly intrigued.
Maybe it'd help with the confusion factor if I read [b:The Shadow Society|10356760|The Shadow Society|Marie Rutkoski|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1343484595s/10356760.jpg|15259729]. Yeah, probably. Still, nice writing but nothing spectacular and not enough length and meat to the story to make me terribly intrigued.
hun_xx's review
I thought the title would have a cool hidden meaning that you would figure out as you read the story, but it’s literally jacks and queens at the Green Mill.
Also, can we please talk about THAT COVER. So magnificent! Too bad that it’s only a short story and not a complete book because that cover deserves all the appreciation in the world.
Also, can we please talk about THAT COVER. So magnificent! Too bad that it’s only a short story and not a complete book because that cover deserves all the appreciation in the world.
hunia's review
I thought the title would have a cool hidden meaning that you would figure out as you read the story, but it’s literally jacks and queens at the Green Mill.
Also, can we please talk about THAT COVER. So magnificent! Too bad that it’s only a short story and not a complete book because that cover deserves all the appreciation in the world.
Also, can we please talk about THAT COVER. So magnificent! Too bad that it’s only a short story and not a complete book because that cover deserves all the appreciation in the world.
eol's review
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
taylorhudson's review
4.0
I don't get the point of this short story, but it was pretty nice to see more of a side character we didn't really ever see.
expendablemudge's review
4.0
Zephyr felt the weight of her flesh settle on the branch-and-twig network of bones.
***
His body was long, rangy, his stance somehow naturally dishonest, alive with the energy of someone who couldn’t be trusted, but also couldn’t be blamed for it, because it was easy to guess from the way he constantly shifted his weight that he couldn’t quite trust himself either.
This is how Author Rutkoski limns her two characters in this shortest-possible taste of a story. It's lovely. I like her work in general, though I'm not usually a YA consumer. It's not easy to beguile me into accepting majgickq or the supernatural, my eyebrows are helium-powered lifters when someone tries to splodge it all over my alternate history. But this story, and the series of books that follow it in The Shadow Society series, make the Shades (Zephyr's people) into an oppressed minority of differently abled people.
I got time for that.
Anyway. The series deals with an alternate, evil Chicago where humans, in our accustomed vile way, persecute the Others among us. It's all in this story, the basic reality that Author Rutkoski wants us to experience; and it's done with a deft and delightful touch, making words pirouette in place, so you think you see what you don't in fact see. It's lovely to watch.
AND it's free: https://www.tor.com/2012/10/17/jacks-and-queens-at-the-green-mill/