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2.75 AVERAGE
2.75 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
The first two stories were exactly what I was hoping for out of a collection like this. Unfortunately, as with any short story collection/anthology, you're not going to feel the same about every single piece. Although there were some fun ones in here with some interesting premises, nothing quite matched the way I felt about those first two stories about unseen monsters and couples fighting for their lives.
I had to skim most of this, hence the lack of a proper rating.
Quite a bad collection title, given it’s not remotely frightening. Nor is it spicy, sexual, intellectual, shocking, or otherwise tantalizing enough. It’s all just too commercial. The style is too in media res for my taste. Some elements in the stories and the author notes especially give a very off-putting boastful vibe, like the author thinks he’s some hot shot. What positives can I say? The writing is not poor; my problem is that it’s middling. And the plots are fun if you’re an indiscriminate fan of blandly commercial speculative fiction. Ok, I’m not exactly describing positives. My point is that this isn’t horrible, it’s just not good enough to earn my interest.
I’ll be donating my copy. 😕
Quite a bad collection title, given it’s not remotely frightening. Nor is it spicy, sexual, intellectual, shocking, or otherwise tantalizing enough. It’s all just too commercial. The style is too in media res for my taste. Some elements in the stories and the author notes especially give a very off-putting boastful vibe, like the author thinks he’s some hot shot. What positives can I say? The writing is not poor; my problem is that it’s middling. And the plots are fun if you’re an indiscriminate fan of blandly commercial speculative fiction. Ok, I’m not exactly describing positives. My point is that this isn’t horrible, it’s just not good enough to earn my interest.
I’ll be donating my copy. 😕