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A review by vkadic
In Our Own Worlds #2: Four LGBTQ+ Tor.com Novellas by Lina Rather, Kai Ashante Wilson, Seanan McGuire, Katharine Duckett
adventurous
slow-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
This book contains four different stories, from different authors and different genres, there is fantasy, mystery, science fiction, romance...
The first story, Miranda in Milan I overall liked it was a bit of supernatural a bit of mystery and a bit romance. The characters were okay for a very short story and there were interesting aspects I wished were maybe explored further.
The second story Every Heart Doorway really stuck with me. The mystery itself was okay, I was able to predict certain aspects of its but the whole premise of the story and the world is really interesting and unique and the characters were very developed and each of them is very distinct and interesting to read about.
Sisters of the Vast Black, the third entry, was I think my favorite out of the four. The premise of the story, the plot, the world it was super interesting! I really wished it was longer. The only thing that bothered me were that the characters voices were really undistinguishable from one another, each sister does have a unique personality but when the POVs switched it was hard to tell which one was I reading about. Still I do hope the author writes more in this world since I would be more than willing to read it.
The last of the stories in this book, The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps was the one I had most trouble with. I just couldn't get into it. The plot was weirdly structured, the writing style was hard to get into and I nearly gave it up but pushed myself trough it since there were interesting aspects of the story and the characters and I wanted to see it trough. I am not happy I did so. The ending was rather ambiguous (or maybe it escaped my comprehension abilities since I wasn't so engrossed with the story as I wished) and disappointing. All in all this particular story was not for me.
The first story, Miranda in Milan I overall liked it was a bit of supernatural a bit of mystery and a bit romance. The characters were okay for a very short story and there were interesting aspects I wished were maybe explored further.
The second story Every Heart Doorway really stuck with me. The mystery itself was okay, I was able to predict certain aspects of its but the whole premise of the story and the world is really interesting and unique and the characters were very developed and each of them is very distinct and interesting to read about.
Sisters of the Vast Black, the third entry, was I think my favorite out of the four. The premise of the story, the plot, the world it was super interesting! I really wished it was longer. The only thing that bothered me were that the characters voices were really undistinguishable from one another, each sister does have a unique personality but when the POVs switched it was hard to tell which one was I reading about. Still I do hope the author writes more in this world since I would be more than willing to read it.
The last of the stories in this book, The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps was the one I had most trouble with. I just couldn't get into it. The plot was weirdly structured, the writing style was hard to get into and I nearly gave it up but pushed myself trough it since there were interesting aspects of the story and the characters and I wanted to see it trough. I am not happy I did so. The ending was rather ambiguous (or maybe it escaped my comprehension abilities since I wasn't so engrossed with the story as I wished) and disappointing. All in all this particular story was not for me.