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ktjawrites's review against another edition
5.0
Strange and unrelenting and singular.
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“She didn't feel anything out of the ordinary. Hardly anything, in fact: just the gentle flutter of memories escaping her, an incapacity to summon up the textures of jungle fruit and the faces of the village children, long-treasured images fading away, like the ribbon of starry sky between the branches of the trees…”
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“She didn't feel anything out of the ordinary. Hardly anything, in fact: just the gentle flutter of memories escaping her, an incapacity to summon up the textures of jungle fruit and the faces of the village children, long-treasured images fading away, like the ribbon of starry sky between the branches of the trees…”
emr158's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
dukegregory's review against another edition
3.0
3.5
Flash fiction meets the short story, except most of these narratives surprise you by bridging the primordial and the futuristic, like the whole past-present-future lineage of human experience circumnavigates into contemporary communal disaster. A couple of the short pieces were weak, but the longer, broken-up stories really excite in their range and ecstatic precision of eccentric detail.
Flash fiction meets the short story, except most of these narratives surprise you by bridging the primordial and the futuristic, like the whole past-present-future lineage of human experience circumnavigates into contemporary communal disaster. A couple of the short pieces were weak, but the longer, broken-up stories really excite in their range and ecstatic precision of eccentric detail.
smuds2's review against another edition
3.0
Picked up on a whim from the library. I don't generally like Short Story collections, and for some reason I assumed they were all loosely interconnected before i picked up the book... but alas...
Anyways -- the first story in the book is heart wrenching, but I think does a good job setting the tone for the rest of the book. A bit dreamy, fantastical, and a kind of unsentimental violence that feels almost like a fact of life unfortunately thrust on the character by an external force (in the first story, nature, in others, forces of capital).
The second story followed a very similar theme, but this time, it was the abuse experienced by a woman directly at the hands of a partner. Equally unsentimental violence, equally fantastical.
The next story was perhaps my favorite, a collection of characters, all with vaguely unexplained experiences or powers, all reacting to an event.
After that, I felt like the storys blended together and felt significantly more unfocussed (although, that could be my fault for not reading them carefully enough).
I think I would recommend the 1, 2, 3, and 4th story to others. The rest... not so much.
Anyways -- the first story in the book is heart wrenching, but I think does a good job setting the tone for the rest of the book. A bit dreamy, fantastical, and a kind of unsentimental violence that feels almost like a fact of life unfortunately thrust on the character by an external force (in the first story, nature, in others, forces of capital).
The second story followed a very similar theme, but this time, it was the abuse experienced by a woman directly at the hands of a partner. Equally unsentimental violence, equally fantastical.
The next story was perhaps my favorite, a collection of characters, all with vaguely unexplained experiences or powers, all reacting to an event.
After that, I felt like the storys blended together and felt significantly more unfocussed (although, that could be my fault for not reading them carefully enough).
I think I would recommend the 1, 2, 3, and 4th story to others. The rest... not so much.
raru's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
admorobo's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
medium-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? Yes
4.0
lqueijo's review
4.0
Vencedora do prémio “Ribera del Duero” (vale o que vale), Liliana Colanzi deixa-nos uns quantos contos duma crueza extrema. Pessoas que vivem em lugares inóspitos e desolados, crianças e movessem afectos e cujas condições de vida não auspiciam futuros risonhos (e grande parte das vezes, nem futuros) e, inclusivamente, uma caverna fazem parte dos personagens principais de contos que se debruçam sobre a vida nas margens de sociedades de consumo onde quem não tem recursos e instrução são “atropelados” nos seus direitos fundamentais e, completamente, ostracizados.
Ainda que muitos dos contos terminem de forma abrupta e fiquem “em suspenso” (o que vai sendo moda nos dias que correm e que me faça, cada vez mais, ver este género literário como “relato” e não “conto” ou “história curta”), o que detesto, as descrições e construção de personagens são bastante boas fazendo dele (ainda que desconheça os restantes) um bom candidato a vencedor de qualquer prémio nesta categoria.
A ler, definitivamente.
Ainda que muitos dos contos terminem de forma abrupta e fiquem “em suspenso” (o que vai sendo moda nos dias que correm e que me faça, cada vez mais, ver este género literário como “relato” e não “conto” ou “história curta”), o que detesto, as descrições e construção de personagens são bastante boas fazendo dele (ainda que desconheça os restantes) um bom candidato a vencedor de qualquer prémio nesta categoria.
A ler, definitivamente.
kalin_grace's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
livlamentloathe's review against another edition
dark
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Some stories, like the eponymous ‘You Glow in the Dark,’ were deeply haunting. But others, I didn’t feel like I had a full grasp on. I think in part, it was due to m lack of context within the ethnography of the stories. Like there were pieces of the story dependent on me knowing something about this culture but it went right over my head. I lack a deep understanding of Latin America.
Overall, it was good! Otherworldly stories that walk the line of fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and realistic/historical fiction.
Overall, it was good! Otherworldly stories that walk the line of fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and realistic/historical fiction.
blaze_o_glory's review against another edition
challenging
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
You Glow in the Dark is collection of stories that have great eerie, anti capitalist vibes… And not a whole lot else.