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A review by greentea13
Sagittarius by Brianna Bullen, Tamantha Smith, Georgia MacShane, Eva Leppard, Sasha Hanton, Tim Borella, Nikky Lee, Cassandra Hounsell, Aveline Pérez de Vera, Austin P. Sheehan, B.A. Nielsen, Zoey Xolton, Helena McAuley
2.0
Since this is a bunch of stories I will just give my thoughts on each.
Tracy, Destroyer of Worlds by Eva Leppard
Story felt like it was setting up a much longer story, only to suddenly end. It wasn't terrible, but it wasn't great either.
Waste Not by Cassandra Housell
I hated it. It's mostly a robot complaining about humans and how wasteful they are.
The Talbotville Centaur by Tim Borella
First two stories were clearly Sci-fi and in the future, where this one is set in (what I assume is) the wild west of the past when the Internal combustion engine was new, so that was a bit jarring.
Wearing the Horse by Tamantha Smith
Guy gets a cybernetic horse body to replace his legs. It was an interesting story, though I still wonder why they wouldn't make the mermaid lady water proof...
Nunki's Arrows by Nikky Lee
The only story in this that I have actually liked. But I like mythology and that's basically what this was.
The Highway by Geogia MacShane
I THINK this is poetry, but when I first read it I had no idea since there was no poetry before this point and it was 7 pages long. I literally felt like I was having a stroke while reading it since there is no context for anything.
Chaos by B.A. Nielsen
This was literally 1 page long. But at least is was related to mythology and not a facepalming confusing mess like the last story.
Arrow’s Flight by Aveline Perez de Vera
So far this is the worst story out of them all, so much that I gave up half way because I just couldn't any more. Reading about random wars and random people dying is not my idea of fun.
Lead a Horse to Water by Brianna Bullen
Enjoyable little mystery with centaurs.
This is the Dawn (Part XIII) by Helena McAuley
More mythology related stuff and I guess the continuation to other stories from the rest of the series? I have only read this book so I don't know. It was still an entertaining read regardless of missing the previous parts.
Final thoughts:
The book started off really rough for me, it felt very unrelated to the theme of Sagittarius at first and only a couple stories were directly related to the theme. I think my favorite story out of the bunch was Nunki's Arrows and my least favorite is a tie between Arrow’s Flight and The Highway. (both terrible in their own way) The only thing preventing me from giving this one star instead of 2 is the last two stories were entertaining enough and not depressing or confusing like Arrow’s Flight and The Highway. Overall I only kind of regret reading this book. Would I read it again? No, absolutely not.
Tracy, Destroyer of Worlds by Eva Leppard
Story felt like it was setting up a much longer story, only to suddenly end. It wasn't terrible, but it wasn't great either.
Waste Not by Cassandra Housell
I hated it. It's mostly a robot complaining about humans and how wasteful they are.
The Talbotville Centaur by Tim Borella
First two stories were clearly Sci-fi and in the future, where this one is set in (what I assume is) the wild west of the past when the Internal combustion engine was new, so that was a bit jarring.
Wearing the Horse by Tamantha Smith
Guy gets a cybernetic horse body to replace his legs. It was an interesting story, though I still wonder why they wouldn't make the mermaid lady water proof...
Nunki's Arrows by Nikky Lee
The only story in this that I have actually liked. But I like mythology and that's basically what this was.
The Highway by Geogia MacShane
I THINK this is poetry, but when I first read it I had no idea since there was no poetry before this point and it was 7 pages long. I literally felt like I was having a stroke while reading it since there is no context for anything.
Chaos by B.A. Nielsen
This was literally 1 page long. But at least is was related to mythology and not a facepalming confusing mess like the last story.
Arrow’s Flight by Aveline Perez de Vera
So far this is the worst story out of them all, so much that I gave up half way because I just couldn't any more. Reading about random wars and random people dying is not my idea of fun.
Lead a Horse to Water by Brianna Bullen
Enjoyable little mystery with centaurs.
This is the Dawn (Part XIII) by Helena McAuley
More mythology related stuff and I guess the continuation to other stories from the rest of the series? I have only read this book so I don't know. It was still an entertaining read regardless of missing the previous parts.
Final thoughts:
The book started off really rough for me, it felt very unrelated to the theme of Sagittarius at first and only a couple stories were directly related to the theme. I think my favorite story out of the bunch was Nunki's Arrows and my least favorite is a tie between Arrow’s Flight and The Highway. (both terrible in their own way) The only thing preventing me from giving this one star instead of 2 is the last two stories were entertaining enough and not depressing or confusing like Arrow’s Flight and The Highway. Overall I only kind of regret reading this book. Would I read it again? No, absolutely not.