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A review by essinink
The Executioness by Tobias S. Buckell, J.K. Drummond
3.0
A quick and tightly-written read, with some beautiful illustrations.
The protagonist is great. Here we have this middle-aged mother who really just wants her sons back, who ends up becoming a legend through a combination of inflated rumor and her own determination.
My one complaint is that it feels more like a snowflake-draft than a completed work. Not that it feels in any way unfinished--goodness, no--but in that it feels like there was a great deal to be expanded upon.
3/5. I'm interested in picking up the other novella in this collaborative world.
The protagonist is great. Here we have this middle-aged mother who really just wants her sons back, who ends up becoming a legend through a combination of inflated rumor and her own determination.
My one complaint is that it feels more like a snowflake-draft than a completed work. Not that it feels in any way unfinished--goodness, no--but in that it feels like there was a great deal to be expanded upon.
3/5. I'm interested in picking up the other novella in this collaborative world.