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3.51 AVERAGE
3.51 AVERAGE
This is a post-apocalyptic sci-fi novella where all the women have died from a strange fungal infection invading their entire body. Now mushrooms are growing on their graves. The meaning of this quickly becomes apparent as the story takes a bizarre turn.
I embraced the strangeness of this well-written, emotional and thought-provoking story. 4 stars.
This edition also included a sci-fi short story about language and communication between species (real and perhaps imagined) throughout the universe and the dangers that miscommunication can bring. This was interesting but I didn't care for it that much. 3 stars.
I embraced the strangeness of this well-written, emotional and thought-provoking story. 4 stars.
This edition also included a sci-fi short story about language and communication between species (real and perhaps imagined) throughout the universe and the dangers that miscommunication can bring. This was interesting but I didn't care for it that much. 3 stars.
dark
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Both stories were wonderful. The Beauty provokes thoughts on gender and feminism and society as a moveable impermanence. It makes you wonder what it is to be human.
Peace, Pipe ruminates on humanity as well, plus language and a global/universal/galactic oneness and otherness.
Politics was dealt with interestingly in both, as was the concept of image and reputation. Very dreamlike and beautiful prose.
Peace, Pipe ruminates on humanity as well, plus language and a global/universal/galactic oneness and otherness.
Politics was dealt with interestingly in both, as was the concept of image and reputation. Very dreamlike and beautiful prose.
challenging
dark
medium-paced
This was weird, creepy, and sometimes gross. I really liked it.
Captivating and disturbing. I loved how the story evolved. It reads like a dystopian fable.
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
This was such a weird, wonderfully imaginative, and unusual story. I loved the entire concept and the abject horror of it. The narrator did grate on my nerves pretty soon, with his flowery language and tendency to spin events, although I enjoyed the meta-level of the narration and the power of stories. I suppose I had expected a more overt gender allegory but the feminism shines through nicely with some of the more subtly disturbing parts. Overall I really enjoyed it though :)
This just wasn't for me. The world is a bizarre one, and it's really interesting as a kind of isolated event, but there wasn't enough world building for me to fully immerse myself. Granted, it was only 99 pages, but I still would have liked a little more information on why the women were gone. But instead, I just got a weird novella about men having sex with mushroom ladies, and it was just all a bit gross.
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
What a fever dream. It is one of those books you need to throw yourself blind into. It is beautifully disgustingly surreal. I love it. The language is kind of poetic. I really enjoyed the meta-fictional discussion of story telling and the construction of a collected memory. Definitely want and NEED to read more of the author.