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A review by ninjamuse
Genius Loci: Tales of the Spirit of Place by Caroline Ratajski, Vivienne Pustell, Steven H. Silver, K.C. Norton, Thoraiya Dyer, Jaym Gates, Rebecca Campbell, B. Morris Allen, Chaz Brenchley, Steven S. Long, Gemma Files, J. Daniel Batt, Wendy N. Wagner, Alethea Kontis, Brooke Bolander, Mercedes M. Yardley, Andy Duncan, Heather Clitheroe, Z.M. Quỳnh, Sarah Goslee, Seanan McGuire, Ken Scholes, Laura Anne Gilman, Katie Cord, Ken Liu, James Lowder, Anatoly Belilovsky, Keris McDonald, Cat Rambo, Haralambi Markov, Sunil Patel, Sonya Taaffe, Rich Dansky, Damien Angelica Walters, Scott Edelman
5.0
In brief: A gorgeous collection of amazing stories, all to do with the spirit of a place. Got it from a Kickstarter so I’m not sure how available this actually is. (Sorry!)
Thoughts: Oof. Earlier this year I reviewed an anthology that fell rather flat for me, and I think I mentioned that anthologies are never totally solid. There’s always a story or two that feels different, that doesn’t quite fit the theme or uses a writing style that doesn’t grab me or annoys me for plot or character reasons. This is not that sort of anthology. Very much not. Sure, some of the stories are weaker or weirder than others, but we’re talking 8s or 9s rather than 10s out of 10, and not a single one of them threw me. And the stories fit together beautifully, and they’re all full of place and magic and wonder and everything that sucks me in. (And it’s just a stunning volume, with deckled edges and ilustrations and that faux-suede sort of cover. Mmm.)
If you can get your hands on this book, do!
10/10
Thoughts: Oof. Earlier this year I reviewed an anthology that fell rather flat for me, and I think I mentioned that anthologies are never totally solid. There’s always a story or two that feels different, that doesn’t quite fit the theme or uses a writing style that doesn’t grab me or annoys me for plot or character reasons. This is not that sort of anthology. Very much not. Sure, some of the stories are weaker or weirder than others, but we’re talking 8s or 9s rather than 10s out of 10, and not a single one of them threw me. And the stories fit together beautifully, and they’re all full of place and magic and wonder and everything that sucks me in. (And it’s just a stunning volume, with deckled edges and ilustrations and that faux-suede sort of cover. Mmm.)
If you can get your hands on this book, do!
10/10