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A review by mel_c_bell
Mother Knows Best by Lindy Ryan
dark
emotional
5.0
Wow! This anthology is RAW, and funny, and sad, and frightening, and inspiring--basically all the emotions.
"A word about mothers. Not all mothers, of course. Just some."
I requested this arc because I saw that Mother Horror wrote the forward and, again, WOW. Oh em gee, her writing is powerful and it cuts deep to expose some universal truths of motherhood.
Full transparency: I do not enjoy reading poetry. There, I said it. Now! I enjoyed, actually enjoyed, more than one of the poems in this book. And, for the ones that I didn't enjoy, well, I respect them and can acknowledge that they are beautiful.
When I tell people that some of the scariest stories I've ever read are short stories, Oh, What a Tangled Web by Tanya Pell, is an example of what I'm referring to. The ending of this story had me doing that awkward, wide-eyed look around me to take inventory of who is witnessing me panic laugh.
I would recommend this book to any avid horror reader because, sure, not everyone is a mother or even wants to be a mother, BUT everyone has someone who birthed them, and there are stories in this anthology that will speak directly to you. Also, I truly appreciate the diversity of perspectives on motherhood represented among these stories.
Overall, a fantastic horror anthology written by women. Brava!
"A word about mothers. Not all mothers, of course. Just some."
I requested this arc because I saw that Mother Horror wrote the forward and, again, WOW. Oh em gee, her writing is powerful and it cuts deep to expose some universal truths of motherhood.
Full transparency: I do not enjoy reading poetry. There, I said it. Now! I enjoyed, actually enjoyed, more than one of the poems in this book. And, for the ones that I didn't enjoy, well, I respect them and can acknowledge that they are beautiful.
When I tell people that some of the scariest stories I've ever read are short stories, Oh, What a Tangled Web by Tanya Pell, is an example of what I'm referring to. The ending of this story had me doing that awkward, wide-eyed look around me to take inventory of who is witnessing me panic laugh.
I would recommend this book to any avid horror reader because, sure, not everyone is a mother or even wants to be a mother, BUT everyone has someone who birthed them, and there are stories in this anthology that will speak directly to you. Also, I truly appreciate the diversity of perspectives on motherhood represented among these stories.
Overall, a fantastic horror anthology written by women. Brava!