A review by miniatureghosts
Slug and Other Stories by Megan Milks

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

This is most likely the weirdest book I’ve ever read and it was too much for me. I didn’t enjoy most of the short stories and I couldn’t catch the meaning behind most of them. It seems like this collection is just weird for weirds sake or for the sake of shock value. This isn’t inherently a bad thing but I think I need more of an obvious significance behind the weirdness  to “justify” it. However, it’s possible that there was a meaning behind the gross events that just went over my head.

The stories themselves were well-written and definitely achieved their goal of being disgusting. They also linked together tonally and in terms of theme (queer gender identity, sexuality that deviates from social norms, strained interpersonal relationships etc.). It’s a coherent and cohesive collection.

Overall, I hated this but also think it’s a well-done short story collection. There’s definitely a niche audience that would love this.

Extra content warning: graphic bestiality 
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