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A review by mimosaeyes
From the Belly of the Cat by Stephanie Ye
3.0
A mixed bag, as with basically all short story collections. Highlights for me include:
- "Cat Sickness" by Sabrina Huang (in sheer literary terms, the best one in my opinion, but also it hurts my cat-loving heart)
- "Feeding the Cats" by Melissa Powers (nicely signalled twist, had me crowing)
- "Tiger Baby" by J. Y. Yang (love me a surreal tale of a woman transforming/escaping)
Special mention to "Laundromat" by Amanda Lee Koe, which I first read and enjoyed in her solo collection, Ministry of Moral Panic. The cats (though portrayed very true-to-life) are rather incidental in it, otherwise it'd have been a contender for my top three.
- "Cat Sickness" by Sabrina Huang (in sheer literary terms, the best one in my opinion, but also it hurts my cat-loving heart)
- "Feeding the Cats" by Melissa Powers (nicely signalled twist, had me crowing)
- "Tiger Baby" by J. Y. Yang (love me a surreal tale of a woman transforming/escaping)
Special mention to "Laundromat" by Amanda Lee Koe, which I first read and enjoyed in her solo collection, Ministry of Moral Panic. The cats (though portrayed very true-to-life) are rather incidental in it, otherwise it'd have been a contender for my top three.