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A review by krisandburn
A Thousand Doors: An Anthology of Many Lives by Heather Gudenkauf, Laura Benedict, Kate Moretti, Alisha Klapheke, Lisa Patton, Kaira Rouda, Kimberly Belle, J.T. Ellison, Rebecca Drake, Kerry Lonsdale, Ariel Lawhon, A.F. Brady, Paige Crutcher, Catherine McKenzie, Joy Jordan-Lake, Patti Callahan Henry
4.0
The premise for collection of short stories written by a plethora of female writers sounds so wonderful, but whilst reading them I could not shake the feeling that for me personally it did not quite live up to its billing..
Some of the stories, mostly in the latter half of this anthology are really good, but I found it hard to marry them together. Yes, the name of the main character and her main characteristics are roughly the same, but the stories have no apparent connection beyond that. It missed that bit of cohesion I wanted from it.
I had hoped that it would be obvious in the story that Mia had started from the same place, but that decisions he had made throughout her life altered her future. I expected each story to pin point a choice that change the course of her life, but this was not that and I was a bit disappointed by that. Each story set Mia in a completely different life. There was hardly any common ground between the stories, Common themes, yes, like husbands that rule her life in one way or another, and quite a bit of murder, but no common starting place. These stories felt like they could have been written by the authors at any time rather than specifically for this anthology.
Though it was not quite what I expected, overall I liked a lot of the stories in this anthology and when I let go of my expectations I did enjoy this anthology as a whole. There were only a couple of stories that did not work for me, but averaging my ratings for each story it would be just under the 4-star mark, which I am happy to round up.
Some of the stories, mostly in the latter half of this anthology are really good, but I found it hard to marry them together. Yes, the name of the main character and her main characteristics are roughly the same, but the stories have no apparent connection beyond that. It missed that bit of cohesion I wanted from it.
I had hoped that it would be obvious in the story that Mia had started from the same place, but that decisions he had made throughout her life altered her future. I expected each story to pin point a choice that change the course of her life, but this was not that and I was a bit disappointed by that. Each story set Mia in a completely different life. There was hardly any common ground between the stories, Common themes, yes, like husbands that rule her life in one way or another, and quite a bit of murder, but no common starting place. These stories felt like they could have been written by the authors at any time rather than specifically for this anthology.
Though it was not quite what I expected, overall I liked a lot of the stories in this anthology and when I let go of my expectations I did enjoy this anthology as a whole. There were only a couple of stories that did not work for me, but averaging my ratings for each story it would be just under the 4-star mark, which I am happy to round up.