A review by sapphire_mayo
Metamorphica by Zachary Mason

5.0

This was an interesting read. I won't say that it was fast paced or particularly grasping, but it was still something I flew through quite quickly. I think that is due to the fact that it is a collection of very small stories, I believe only two of them were longer than fifteen pages. Most of them were connected to each other in very small or subtle ways which made it more satisfying. There is definitely a need for a trigger warning as there is mention of rape (though it is not detailed). I never found any parts of the writing to be sub-par, but sometimes it felt like the author slipped out of the time he was writing about and became noticeably modern. Almost all of these stories have a heavy gloominess to them but I thinks that was intended, it keeps it from being to adventurous. All in all a great book, I wouldn't say one of my all time favorites but definitely one I might re-read and would recommend to others.