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A review by ashleylm
Seven Commentaries on an Imperfect Land by Ruthanna Emrys
2.0
I didn't get it (or, I got it, and didn't think it was all that.)
It didn't read as a short story to me, it read as a treatment for a longer book. Characters were names, events happened, and it was over. It's like reading a non-literary version of a myth, it's just there. Oh, and the events that happened? Not interesting. So what I'd been hoping to be a delicate, magical, wonderful experience, just wasn't. (Another metaphor: it's like reading the recipe, instead of eating the meal.)
(Note: 5 stars = amazing, wonderful, 4 = very good book, 3 = decent read, 2 = disappointing, 1 = awful, just awful. I'm fairly good at picking for myself so end up with a lot of 4s). I feel a lot of readers automatically render any book they enjoy 5, but I grade on a curve!
It didn't read as a short story to me, it read as a treatment for a longer book. Characters were names, events happened, and it was over. It's like reading a non-literary version of a myth, it's just there. Oh, and the events that happened? Not interesting. So what I'd been hoping to be a delicate, magical, wonderful experience, just wasn't. (Another metaphor: it's like reading the recipe, instead of eating the meal.)
(Note: 5 stars = amazing, wonderful, 4 = very good book, 3 = decent read, 2 = disappointing, 1 = awful, just awful. I'm fairly good at picking for myself so end up with a lot of 4s). I feel a lot of readers automatically render any book they enjoy 5, but I grade on a curve!