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A review by noranne
Dangerous Women by Gardner Dozois, George R.R. Martin
2.0
Overall, this anthology was a little meh. The theme was dangerous women, but it seemed like a lot of authors went in the damaged/deranged direction (where the characters were women at all, because they got sidelined a lot for an anthology themed about women). It took me a few months to get through it, reading one here or there, and not many of the stories really excited me.
Favorites: Nora's Song by Cecelia Holland, The Hands That Are Not There by Melinda Snodgrass, Neighbors by Megan Lindholm
Least Favorites: I Know How To Pick 'Em by Lawrence Block, Virgins by Diana Gabaldon, Lies My Mother Told Me by Caroline Spector
The GRRM novella was good. I happen to enjoy the faux-historical writing, so that was fine with me but could definitely be an issue for those who don't like that. I thought it went a little too far in the direction of "everyone is an idiot and everything is doomed and war is pointless" but, well, that's GRRM!
All in all, the ratio of hit to miss was just too low for this anthology.
Favorites: Nora's Song by Cecelia Holland, The Hands That Are Not There by Melinda Snodgrass, Neighbors by Megan Lindholm
Least Favorites: I Know How To Pick 'Em by Lawrence Block, Virgins by Diana Gabaldon, Lies My Mother Told Me by Caroline Spector
The GRRM novella was good. I happen to enjoy the faux-historical writing, so that was fine with me but could definitely be an issue for those who don't like that. I thought it went a little too far in the direction of "everyone is an idiot and everything is doomed and war is pointless" but, well, that's GRRM!
All in all, the ratio of hit to miss was just too low for this anthology.