Reviews

The Wishing Pool and Other Stories by Tananarive Due

mom2stitch's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I liked every short story in the book and still thinking about it. 

mznayluv's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

4.0

sylviep's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

xhekap30's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

invaderlinz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

4.25

razzle97's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Engaging stories with complex characters and interesting twists.  The best collection I have read in some time.

locdbooktician's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

There are some stories that I really enjoyed. The story about the children who were waiting on their mother during a war like situation reminded me of Palestinians today and it was emotional for me to read. The story about about ghost ships felt like a story about determination. The story about the girl who wanted to be more and watching her mom have kid after kid triggered me. I remember being anger on the expectation on older siblings to raise younger children. The story about lost of time and eluding to mental health concerns broke my heart. 

melinatl's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

b_ham_reads's review against another edition

4.0

I love Tananarive Due's story telling and her writing. I had to keep reminding myself this was a short story collection because I wanted more from each story. Due is amazing at writing stories that not only give haunting supernatural horror, but also haunting realistic horror. 

My favorite section was The Gracetown Stories with The Wishing Pool stories being my second favorite. Yes, there were some stories I didn't particularly love, but I still enjoyed my time reading Tananarive Due's writings. That's why I'm giving the book as a whole4 stars. 

I definitely recommend this if you love short creepy stories. I have a feeling that Tananarive Due is going to become a favorite author.

honeycoveredpages's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0