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incipientdreamer's review
3.0
Review for The Sadness Box by Suzanne Palmer.
The Sadness Box was a cute story of friendship in a time of war. I loved how the author built up the world on the sidelines of the story. We never get a full picture of what actually the war is about but we get throwaway details mentioned by the characters which really works for a story like this. I wanted more from the AI deleting the Sadness setting, which didn't really happen so this came across as kind of predictable. Also, it was long for no reason, I feel like if it was going to be 13k words, we could have gotten something more to sink our teeth into.
Overall not bad, but left me wanting more.
Short Story Month - 4/31
The Sadness Box was a cute story of friendship in a time of war. I loved how the author built up the world on the sidelines of the story. We never get a full picture of what actually the war is about but we get throwaway details mentioned by the characters which really works for a story like this. I wanted more from the AI deleting the Sadness setting, which didn't really happen so this came across as kind of predictable. Also, it was long for no reason, I feel like if it was going to be 13k words, we could have gotten something more to sink our teeth into.
Overall not bad, but left me wanting more.
Short Story Month - 4/31
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