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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Overall, a solid collection, with a few misses. Still, a good selection and variety of stories. There were a lot of authors new to me, and I’ll be looking at their other work for sure.
Some standouts:
Be Not Affaid by Ashia Monet [4.75]
Obsessed with the religious themes here. Only wish it was longer. A quote:
She was hypnotized by the music, by the warmth that filled the building, which had felt almost corpse-like in its silence. The church, it seemed, only came alive when bodies filled its pews.
The Landscape of Broken Things by Brent Lambert [4.5]
A real weird one, a bit surreal. Something about it just hit. It felt like the prologue to a longer story though, and wish we got more world building.
Mother, Daughter, and the Devil by Donyae Coles [5]
Perfect. A real tale. There were some really good quotes. One that I liked:
Dealing with the Devil always ends bad, ’cept for some especially clever men. Before Lily was clever, but she weren’t no man.
Some standouts:
Be Not Affaid by Ashia Monet [4.75]
Obsessed with the religious themes here. Only wish it was longer. A quote:
The Landscape of Broken Things by Brent Lambert [4.5]
A real weird one, a bit surreal. Something about it just hit. It felt like the prologue to a longer story though, and wish we got more world building.
Mother, Daughter, and the Devil by Donyae Coles [5]
Perfect. A real tale. There were some really good quotes. One that I liked:
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It was formatted in a way that didn’t keep my attention I really tried with it though
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
There were some interesting ideas, but it wasn't my brand of horror. I was mostly bored the whole way through.
The first three stories were okay (hence the second star), but several others just didn't click for me - some too vague or surreal, some with dialogue too stilted, etc - so I ended up DNFing a little over halfway through.
fast-paced