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catevari's review
3.0
"Cape to Cairo". I feel like I'm of the wrong generation or maybe just wrong temperament for the story to really speak to me, though I recognize it as true of people I see in the world, if that makes sense.
"Soul of Soup Bones". I really liked this one & it feels especially timely or in-sync with the show Hannibal; there's a similar lushness in how they depict food.
"The Salt Path". Intriguing but opaque. I wanted more from it.
"The Faery Handbag". I feel like I've read--and loved--this one before, but I don't know where, as either of the places it was previously published were unfamiliar to me by name. But I had such strong déjà-vu, reading it. My favorite of the issue: strong, lucid, gripping.
Of the poetry, I only really liked Afterwards. Brighid did nothing for me and I didn't even try to parse Harry of Five Points, which was written like the excerpt of a play, seemed too enamored of its own concept and was largely written in French.
The novel excerpt was okay, but not gripping enough that I feel any desire to seek it out. The essay regarding racism, racial assimilation & ahistoricity in superhero comics was on point but didn't tell me anything I didn't already know as a biracial, sometimes-consumer of comics.
Good issue, very enjoyable, but not blow my mind great. Another great cover, though. I always find myself paying more attention to Apex's covers than any other magazine--or book, for that matter--since I made the leap to digital. I didn't realize how much I missed that til just now.
"Soul of Soup Bones". I really liked this one & it feels especially timely or in-sync with the show Hannibal; there's a similar lushness in how they depict food.
"The Salt Path". Intriguing but opaque. I wanted more from it.
"The Faery Handbag". I feel like I've read--and loved--this one before, but I don't know where, as either of the places it was previously published were unfamiliar to me by name. But I had such strong déjà-vu, reading it. My favorite of the issue: strong, lucid, gripping.
Of the poetry, I only really liked Afterwards. Brighid did nothing for me and I didn't even try to parse Harry of Five Points, which was written like the excerpt of a play, seemed too enamored of its own concept and was largely written in French.
The novel excerpt was okay, but not gripping enough that I feel any desire to seek it out. The essay regarding racism, racial assimilation & ahistoricity in superhero comics was on point but didn't tell me anything I didn't already know as a biracial, sometimes-consumer of comics.
Good issue, very enjoyable, but not blow my mind great. Another great cover, though. I always find myself paying more attention to Apex's covers than any other magazine--or book, for that matter--since I made the leap to digital. I didn't realize how much I missed that til just now.
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