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3.4 AVERAGE
3.4 AVERAGE
top 3: x house, the professor of onthography, and the hare and the hound
least favorites: 4 funerals, 1000 ships and playing
least favorites: 4 funerals, 1000 ships and playing
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I have only read a few of dark academia and just started to read recently. This is a mixed bag, there were good ones and bad ones as well. There were a lot of gripping stories. I liked “Pythia” and “The Hare and The Hound.” A few I feel is not really dark academia but that’s what you get in an anthology.
Thank you Netgalley for the free ARC copy in exchange for a review.
Thank you Netgalley for the free ARC copy in exchange for a review.
I skimmed the beginning of some of the other stories and I didn't feel like I'd be able to get into it. I feel like the genre doesn't work well with short stories.
Cannot listen to the audiobook reader. Very Smallville Lana Lang breathiness to the ends of the sentences.
slow-paced
I'm so sad and disappointed. I thought I would love these. But I was so bored, so.. meh?
I really should have DNF this, but I just kept hoping the next short story was gonna wow me, but it really didnt. :(
I really should have DNF this, but I just kept hoping the next short story was gonna wow me, but it really didnt. :(
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
It's always so hard to rate anthologies because there are so many separate stories in one. This is my second anthology that I've read, and I have a god system down. I rate each story individual, add them up and divide by how many stories there are. I will be discussing my two favorites' stories, that I gave 5 stars.
Pythia, I just love everything that Olivie Blake and this was no different. I love her writing so much and I felt like this story was the perfect short story. I feel like some short stories don't give enough and that it leaves you longing for me.
I love the story, and it just was so good. I love how it was formatted, part deposition and part expiation from a clinical psychologist. There was this cult of technomancers and it just was a great read.
The Hound and the Hare, this was a magical realism psychological horror short story. This was written by Kelly Andrew, and I loved this! This was so creepy and haunting. This might be my favorite story that I read. I love the writing of the story and the psychosocial horror aspect of it.
This was such a great collection of stories! I love anthologies because of how many different stories there are and the chance to be exposed to different authors as well. This was also a great read since I am the biggest mood reader and there were different story types and writing. Dark academia is just perfect for the fall!
Pythia, I just love everything that Olivie Blake and this was no different. I love her writing so much and I felt like this story was the perfect short story. I feel like some short stories don't give enough and that it leaves you longing for me.
I love the story, and it just was so good. I love how it was formatted, part deposition and part expiation from a clinical psychologist. There was this cult of technomancers and it just was a great read.
The Hound and the Hare, this was a magical realism psychological horror short story. This was written by Kelly Andrew, and I loved this! This was so creepy and haunting. This might be my favorite story that I read. I love the writing of the story and the psychosocial horror aspect of it.
This was such a great collection of stories! I love anthologies because of how many different stories there are and the chance to be exposed to different authors as well. This was also a great read since I am the biggest mood reader and there were different story types and writing. Dark academia is just perfect for the fall!
This book was a mixed bag. Some of the stories were really good and well written but others just drug on and I didn’t enjoy them at all. A fee needed to be fleshed out more and just didn’t work as short stories. Oh well!