A review by friendsheyho
Tragedy Queens: Stories Inspired by Lana Del Rey & Sylvia Plath by Gabino Iglesias, Lisa Marie Basile

2.0

While there were a couple knockout stories in here- Crazy Mary and Sphinx Tears especially- this anthology usually fell into the tropes of Lana Del Rey and Sylvia Plath rather than truly exploring their worlds. Some of the stories, like Corinne and Dayglo Reflection, reeked of misogyny somewhere deep inside, while many of them, like Because of Their Different Deaths and Dayglo Reflection (again), were just poorly written. The biggest problem was the editor, who missed typos throughout and fundamentally didn't understand how"its" and "it's" worked, because "it's" was always used even in egregiously incorrect places. That's like, the number one criteria for being an editor.

It was a sloppy job from beginning to end.