A review by bmpicc
How Long 'til Black Future Month? by N.K. Jemisin

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

"Read outside of your comfort zone." I say this at the library ALL the time. I decided to take my own advice. This is my guys favorite author, but even he admitted her books would be too much for my sci-fi/fantasy challenged brain. Then I realized Jemisin had a book of short stories. Could I do it?

Turns out I could! I read this with a friend as a buddy read and it was the BEST experience. We broke down each story. The writing, what it seemed the author might be trying to say, how it relates to us and our lives, was the amount of fantasy just enough or too much and why... We talked about everything. She might very well be the reason I finished too. There were 3 stories in here, that if they had placed earlier, I might have DNF'd. 

This may be more of a 3.5, but the buddy read experience upped it to a 4. Do not let my fears of sci-fi/fantasy take away from the fact that Jemisin has a way with words that I deeply respect. I was very impressed. 
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