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A review by ablotial
The New Voices of Fantasy by Eugene Fisher, Brooke Bolander
4.0
Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers: pretty freaking awesome. 5*
Selkie Stories are for Losers: good. I learned what a Selkie is 4*
Tornado's Siren: ... didn't do it for me. 2*
Left the Century to Sit Unmoved: the title makes zero sense to me but the story was cool. Ending was expected though 4*
A Kiss With Teeth: almost perfect. A little long for what it was. 5*
Jackalope Wives: Similar to the selkie one. 3*
The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees: didn't really interest me at all, and I barely remember reading it . 1*
The Practical Witch's Guide to Acquiring Real Estate: This was pretty funny. Cute. Nothing deep. 3*
The Tallest Doll in New York City: I love the idea of buildings having feelings. I'm unsure whether this was the first time the buildings had done something like this. The people's reactions were weird. 3*
The Haunting of Apollo A7LB: This was neat! I loved the woman. 5*
Here Be Dragons: Awesome, but again too long for what it was. But I loved the dude, and his relationship with his kids and his wife, and the guy who left, and the dragon and . Yeah, awesome. 5*
The One They Took Before: Loved this and the whole premise behind it! 5*
Tiger Baby: I liked parts of this, dealing with her work and drifting thoughts and dating the guy. But the overall story didn't do it for me. 3*
The Duck: Beautiful ending. Let the rock go, and it's just ... gone. 4*
Wing: <3 short but just right. 5*
The Philosophers: The language and genetics stuff in here is fascinating. But how long did these people live exactly? Cant have that many generations at once. And that poor kid sitting there watching and knowing what is coming. Poignant. 5*
My Time Among the Bridge Blowers: I didn't really understand this. And he didn't get to spend enough time there to make it useful. Although I loved the CONCEPT of the bridge blowers, and their society dwindling. 3*
The Husband Stitch: I didn't understand this story. Is the ribbon a metaphor for sex? like the safe hand? But they already had a kid. and the ribbons are all on different places. Do all women have ribbons, or just some? And and and. too many questions. But. I liked the relationship between her and her husband, and her and her son, and all of the instructions for how to read things aloud, and how the men had unique voices but the women did not. Would read something else by this author. 3*
The Pauper Prince and the Eucalyptus Jinn: This was the longest story in the book, but it didn't need to be. No less than 3 times I thought the story was over but it wasn't. And I didn't understand where it was going for much of it. In the end it turned out to be really good, but once again I think it could have been done in fewer words. 4*
Selkie Stories are for Losers: good. I learned what a Selkie is 4*
Tornado's Siren: ... didn't do it for me. 2*
Left the Century to Sit Unmoved: the title makes zero sense to me but the story was cool. Ending was expected though 4*
A Kiss With Teeth: almost perfect. A little long for what it was. 5*
Jackalope Wives: Similar to the selkie one. 3*
The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees: didn't really interest me at all, and I barely remember reading it . 1*
The Practical Witch's Guide to Acquiring Real Estate: This was pretty funny. Cute. Nothing deep. 3*
The Tallest Doll in New York City: I love the idea of buildings having feelings. I'm unsure whether this was the first time the buildings had done something like this. The people's reactions were weird. 3*
The Haunting of Apollo A7LB: This was neat! I loved the woman. 5*
Here Be Dragons: Awesome, but again too long for what it was. But I loved the dude, and his relationship with his kids and his wife, and the guy who left, and the dragon and . Yeah, awesome. 5*
The One They Took Before: Loved this and the whole premise behind it! 5*
Tiger Baby: I liked parts of this, dealing with her work and drifting thoughts and dating the guy. But the overall story didn't do it for me. 3*
The Duck: Beautiful ending. Let the rock go, and it's just ... gone. 4*
Wing: <3 short but just right. 5*
The Philosophers: The language and genetics stuff in here is fascinating. But how long did these people live exactly? Cant have that many generations at once. And that poor kid sitting there watching and knowing what is coming. Poignant. 5*
My Time Among the Bridge Blowers: I didn't really understand this. And he didn't get to spend enough time there to make it useful. Although I loved the CONCEPT of the bridge blowers, and their society dwindling. 3*
The Husband Stitch: I didn't understand this story. Is the ribbon a metaphor for sex? like the safe hand? But they already had a kid. and the ribbons are all on different places. Do all women have ribbons, or just some? And and and. too many questions. But. I liked the relationship between her and her husband, and her and her son, and all of the instructions for how to read things aloud, and how the men had unique voices but the women did not. Would read something else by this author. 3*
The Pauper Prince and the Eucalyptus Jinn: This was the longest story in the book, but it didn't need to be. No less than 3 times I thought the story was over but it wasn't. And I didn't understand where it was going for much of it. In the end it turned out to be really good, but once again I think it could have been done in fewer words. 4*