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briar_rose_reads's review
1.0
Weird, disconnected, and hard to follow, with occasionally-pretty but mostly overwrought prose. After finishing the story, I looked up the author and found out she's rather controversial as well. I wouldn't have liked And the Burned Moths Remain either way.
booksthatburn's review
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death and Violence
Minor: Torture
faustianbargainbin's review
challenging
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Colonisation
madeline_the_terrible's review
3.0
Interesting
It took me awhile to figure out what was going on, but I ultimately enjoyed this short story. Very hard sci-fi.
It took me awhile to figure out what was going on, but I ultimately enjoyed this short story. Very hard sci-fi.
speljamr's review
4.0
Beautifully written short fiction about the mind and the prospects and complications of digital immortality. I really enjoyed reading this one and will check out some of her other fiction. It is a shame there is such controversy surrounding such a good author, however the art by itself stands out despite her real world actions.
gerhard's review
2.0
I read this after finishing Scale Bright, as I was interested in seeing what Benjanun Sriduangkaew would do with an SF setting. Alas, I encountered the same problem: the writing is a tad overwrought for this type of story, which kind of bends under the weight of its own ostentation.
The end result is not a singularity, but rather a curious blankness of affect: again, I could find no emotional connection here.
Kudos to Tor.com though for continuing to publish authors like Benjanun Sriduangkaew. This has really turned into a fantastic platform for edgy genre fiction (the annual Tor.com story collections are becoming as indispensable as the Gardner Dozois anthologies).
Again, I feel Sriduangkaew is a writer to watch. One of the interesting features of this short story is how she plays with gender, replacing ‘her’ with ‘eir’. At first I thought this was a typo; another problem is that ‘eir’ is applied inconsistently. (A much more successful attempt at gender inversion is the recent space opera by Ann Leckie).
There are also some logical gaps in this story; and it is not nearly as polished as Scale Bright. I think it would be interesting to see what rabbit Sriduangkaew can pull out of the hat by expanding this to novella length.
The end result is not a singularity, but rather a curious blankness of affect: again, I could find no emotional connection here.
Kudos to Tor.com though for continuing to publish authors like Benjanun Sriduangkaew. This has really turned into a fantastic platform for edgy genre fiction (the annual Tor.com story collections are becoming as indispensable as the Gardner Dozois anthologies).
Again, I feel Sriduangkaew is a writer to watch. One of the interesting features of this short story is how she plays with gender, replacing ‘her’ with ‘eir’. At first I thought this was a typo; another problem is that ‘eir’ is applied inconsistently. (A much more successful attempt at gender inversion is the recent space opera by Ann Leckie).
There are also some logical gaps in this story; and it is not nearly as polished as Scale Bright. I think it would be interesting to see what rabbit Sriduangkaew can pull out of the hat by expanding this to novella length.
sydneystories's review
2.0
I don't know if I just lost my reading comprehension before starting this story or what but I barely had any idea of what was going on.
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