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sarah684's review against another edition
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
mars_clutter's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
vizira's review against another edition
3.0
a bizarre dream of a book. strong [b:Annihilation|17934530|Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1)|Jeff VanderMeer|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1403941587l/17934530._SX50_.jpg|24946895] and [b:Fever Dream|30763882|Fever Dream|Samanta Schweblin|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1471279721l/30763882._SX50_.jpg|42701168] vibes
saint_eleanor's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.0
Ok i see the vision 🧐
I loved the imagery and the mysteriousness of it all, but i wish it had been a bit more fleshed out. There wasn’t anything for me to hold on to, each time a character was vulnerable and i felt like i could relate to them the author cuts away to a different thing.
#ecohorror #biohorror #lgbtqia+
I loved the imagery and the mysteriousness of it all, but i wish it had been a bit more fleshed out. There wasn’t anything for me to hold on to, each time a character was vulnerable and i felt like i could relate to them the author cuts away to a different thing.
#ecohorror #biohorror #lgbtqia+
a_r_e_l_i_c's review against another edition
4.0
16 musty aroma
18 brackish smell, mud & chlorine
29 earthy smell
39 aromatic scent of cedar with pungent notes of leaves & insects rotting
—-smell of warm flesh
48 ancient scent of trees
52 mint & sugary water
64 formalin & disinfectant
80 peach-scented bubble bath
—afterscent of limestone
87 scent of evergreens stings the lungs
97 tangy smell of sweat
100 popcorn & cheap draft
114 gentle scent of laundry soap
18 brackish smell, mud & chlorine
29 earthy smell
39 aromatic scent of cedar with pungent notes of leaves & insects rotting
—-smell of warm flesh
48 ancient scent of trees
52 mint & sugary water
64 formalin & disinfectant
80 peach-scented bubble bath
—afterscent of limestone
87 scent of evergreens stings the lungs
97 tangy smell of sweat
100 popcorn & cheap draft
114 gentle scent of laundry soap
colorfulleo92's review against another edition
4.0
The audiobook was 3 hours and 1 Min but damn did it pack the punch. A near future world with some serious climate changes. Vivedly told and very engaging and made me crave more stories like this.
pearloz's review against another edition
3.0
Short environmental/eco horror (horror-lite?). These semi-linked stories follow, vaguely, Laura (though she's not in every story), as she finds, traces, studies a new parasite that attacks humans and non-humans alike, causes them to mutate (some are...fish people? Laura becomes a...bird, I think?) rapidly, but throughout there's this impending sense of doom, like she's just noting how the world is gonna end for people as we know it, and not to have a chance to save it. These brief snapshots allude to a greater fracas in the world, each snapshot exhibits tropes of the post-apocalyptic fiction genre: there's the religious fanatics that try to recreate biblical scenes (the thing w/ the lion cage), there's cult leader and his followers, the desperate scientist, and then, in perhaps a new trope related to eco/enviro horror/apocalypse lit, we get a character in two separate chapters, one where he's a normal dude, one where it ends with him in water w/ a dorsal fin, and our scientist, whenever she appears in a new chapter, is farther along in her evolution to becoming a bird (those are rapid evolutions). Sold blast of fiction.
allisonnaut's review against another edition
3.5
Not a bad book by any means, but definitely weird. Very well written descriptions. Poetic almost.
heyalison's review against another edition
5.0
This short story collection has stuck with me over a year later.