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A review by isobelsnotesss
Sharp & Sugar Tooth by Catherynne M. Valente, Octavia Cade, Sabrina Vourvoulias, Betsy Aoki, H. Pueyo, Erin Horakova, Anahita Eftekhari, Caroline M. Yoachim, Jasmyne J. Harris, Alyssa Wong, D.A. Xiaolin Spires, Rem Wigmore, Chikodili Emelumadu, Kathleen Alcalá, Penny Stirling, Rachael Sterling, A.R. Henle, Joyce Chng, Katharine Duckett, Crystal Lynn Hilbert, Amelia Gorman, Kathryn McMahon, Damien Angelica Walters
2.0
Advanced reading copy supplied from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for a fair review.
I have no clue how a collection of short stories was this hard to get through, but I really struggled with this one. The introduction set things up for a lot of introspective, critical commentary on how food can be used as a metaphor for how women are treated in society. I really liked everything discussed in that introduction and I thought it drew some interesting comparisons I wouldn't have otherwise considered.
The stories however.... I think there were perhaps three that I actually enjoyed. The majority of them didn't reflect the purposeful nature of the introduction, didn't really have room to interpret much. They were just kind of there. While a few of the stories were good, the general writing quality for the majority was quite poor and all in all the whole thing felt like a waste of time.
I have no clue how a collection of short stories was this hard to get through, but I really struggled with this one. The introduction set things up for a lot of introspective, critical commentary on how food can be used as a metaphor for how women are treated in society. I really liked everything discussed in that introduction and I thought it drew some interesting comparisons I wouldn't have otherwise considered.
The stories however.... I think there were perhaps three that I actually enjoyed. The majority of them didn't reflect the purposeful nature of the introduction, didn't really have room to interpret much. They were just kind of there. While a few of the stories were good, the general writing quality for the majority was quite poor and all in all the whole thing felt like a waste of time.