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A review by lataylor10z
The Anatomy of Curiosity by Brenna Yovanoff, Tessa Gratton, Maggie Stiefvater
2.0
1 star for Maggie Stiefvater and "Ladylike"
1 star for Tessa Gratton and "Desert Canticle"
5 stars for Brenna Yovanoff and "Drowning Variations"
Stiefvater and Gratton both came off as very arrogant and proud of their writing. That isn't normally a problem except I couldn't see in their writing what they were bragging about. Gratton was so enamored with her world building, which was interesting, but you can create a very interesting world but that means nothing if they story you are telling in it falls flat. And for all Stiefvater's talk about characterization, I could not care less about the characters she created. Both Stiefvater's and Gratton's stories were incredibly boring.
On the other hand I loved how Yovanoff used her section. I could easily see the development of the idea and her notes in the margin weren't annoying. And I thoroughly enjoyed her stories. All of them, from the first variation to the final.
1 star for Tessa Gratton and "Desert Canticle"
5 stars for Brenna Yovanoff and "Drowning Variations"
Stiefvater and Gratton both came off as very arrogant and proud of their writing. That isn't normally a problem except I couldn't see in their writing what they were bragging about. Gratton was so enamored with her world building, which was interesting, but you can create a very interesting world but that means nothing if they story you are telling in it falls flat. And for all Stiefvater's talk about characterization, I could not care less about the characters she created. Both Stiefvater's and Gratton's stories were incredibly boring.
On the other hand I loved how Yovanoff used her section. I could easily see the development of the idea and her notes in the margin weren't annoying. And I thoroughly enjoyed her stories. All of them, from the first variation to the final.