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sarah_bell 's review for:
Scissor Sisters
by April Yates, Rae Knowles
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
A great collection of feminine rage and sapphic villianary drawing from horror, fantasy and history.
This was a well put together collection with a nice variety of stories covering different genres, themes, and writing styles, but with a clear thread running throughout them and connecting them. As is usual for short story collections there were some I personally enjoyed more than others, but with such a wide variety there's likely to be something for all fans of horror/ dark fantasy.
Some personal favourites of mine were Gladys Glows at Night by Hatteras Mange, a story of revenge for the Radium Girls; Conversations with Roe by Alex Luceli Jiménez, a murderer's conversations with the lover she killed; and Our Lady of Devouring Violence by Cheyanne Brabo, where a woman stands before a court of men, explaining her connection to the beautiful murderous woman plaguing their town.
I did find the Lagniappe at the end a little strange. I had no issues with the story itself but it felt very out of place. (I understood that the idea was to have a potentially unrelated story at the end, but I personally don't think it works.)
Overall though, I would highly recommend if you're in the mood for something a little darker, or like your sapphics angry and/or morally grey.
This was a well put together collection with a nice variety of stories covering different genres, themes, and writing styles, but with a clear thread running throughout them and connecting them. As is usual for short story collections there were some I personally enjoyed more than others, but with such a wide variety there's likely to be something for all fans of horror/ dark fantasy.
Some personal favourites of mine were Gladys Glows at Night by Hatteras Mange, a story of revenge for the Radium Girls; Conversations with Roe by Alex Luceli Jiménez, a murderer's conversations with the lover she killed; and Our Lady of Devouring Violence by Cheyanne Brabo, where a woman stands before a court of men, explaining her connection to the beautiful murderous woman plaguing their town.
I did find the Lagniappe at the end a little strange. I had no issues with the story itself but it felt very out of place. (I understood that the idea was to have a potentially unrelated story at the end, but I personally don't think it works.)
Overall though, I would highly recommend if you're in the mood for something a little darker, or like your sapphics angry and/or morally grey.