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A review by roxanamalinachirila
Nevertheless, She Persisted: Flash Fiction Project by Diana M. Pho
3.0
"She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nonetheless, she persisted."
This is a really good opening line for a story. Heck, it can be a really good opening line for a couple of stories. For the greater part of 11 very short stories, though... it gets to be a bit much.
To be clear: I'm not blaming the authors themselves here. Some of the stories are rather nice. But the prompt itself draws too much attention to the whole point of the book, until it's a bit like being hit over the head repeatedly with the same feminist point.
There are some worlds built here, and the authors have different styles, so I guess that's nice, but I feel like this collection is flawed from its conception.
This is a really good opening line for a story. Heck, it can be a really good opening line for a couple of stories. For the greater part of 11 very short stories, though... it gets to be a bit much.
To be clear: I'm not blaming the authors themselves here. Some of the stories are rather nice. But the prompt itself draws too much attention to the whole point of the book, until it's a bit like being hit over the head repeatedly with the same feminist point.
There are some worlds built here, and the authors have different styles, so I guess that's nice, but I feel like this collection is flawed from its conception.