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petealdin's review against another edition
4.0
For lovers of the post-apocalyptic, you could do a lot worse than this collection of short stories. And I don't know that you could do a lot better. I enjoyed this.
The darkness is definitely there. The editor has chosen authors who target language purposefully. And for the most part, the stories are worth telling. There was only one of the 8 stories I got bored with and didn't finish...which is something for me. Authors like Nahrung, D'Lacey and Maberry keep up a cracking pace and horrify nicely.
The editor's links between stories bothered me at first but by the end of the collection, I was enjoying them.
There is a distinct theme in this collection: what human beings are capable, both good and bad. I loved this most of all...
Oh, and if you don't like coarse language and lots of it, this is not the collection for you. If it doesn't bother you, buy it. A great read.
The darkness is definitely there. The editor has chosen authors who target language purposefully. And for the most part, the stories are worth telling. There was only one of the 8 stories I got bored with and didn't finish...which is something for me. Authors like Nahrung, D'Lacey and Maberry keep up a cracking pace and horrify nicely.
The editor's links between stories bothered me at first but by the end of the collection, I was enjoying them.
There is a distinct theme in this collection: what human beings are capable, both good and bad. I loved this most of all...
Oh, and if you don't like coarse language and lots of it, this is not the collection for you. If it doesn't bother you, buy it. A great read.
thiefofcamorr's review against another edition
4.0
Loved how they all tied in with each other.
Katharine is a judge for the Aurealis Awards. This review is the personal opinion of Katharine herself, and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of any judging panel, the judging coordinator or the Aurealis Awards management team.
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To be safe, I won't be recording my review here until after the AA are over.
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