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A review by exorcismofemilyreed
Tragedy Queens: Stories Inspired by Lana Del Rey & Sylvia Plath by Gabino Iglesias, Lisa Marie Basile
3.0
"All I want is my loneliness and my dreaming and my want to be realized." -Lisa Marie Basile
3.5⭐
I was so excited when I heard about Tragedy Queens! I adore Sylvia Plath and Lana Del Rey, and I love that so many authors were inspired by them. The idea for this anthology is amazing.
Unfortunately, my experience with reading it was kind of uneven. There are some amazing stories in here, but there are many that I couldn't connect with. I think I may have expected something different, and that led to me being a bit disappointed. Some of the stories seemed to just tuck a Sylvia or Lana quote into the story, and that counted as the inspiration.
I expected the stories to have deeper connections with the people who inspired them, and I just didn't feel it for most of these. My ratings run between 2⭐ and 5⭐ for each story, so it was all over the map. I appreciate that the stories were written by authors of all different genres, but I was hoping for the anthology to be darker and deeper as a whole.
My top 5 stories were Girls in the Garden of Holy Suffering by Lisa Marie Basile, Gods in the Blood by Gabino Iglesias, Sphinx Tears by Cara Digirolamo, Rituals of Gorgons by Larissa Glasser, and Because of Their Different Deaths by Stephanie Wytovich. In my opinion, these ones (and a few others) were what I was hoping for from this collection. These stories were captivating, bold, and haunting, much like the women who inspired them.
3.5⭐
I was so excited when I heard about Tragedy Queens! I adore Sylvia Plath and Lana Del Rey, and I love that so many authors were inspired by them. The idea for this anthology is amazing.
Unfortunately, my experience with reading it was kind of uneven. There are some amazing stories in here, but there are many that I couldn't connect with. I think I may have expected something different, and that led to me being a bit disappointed. Some of the stories seemed to just tuck a Sylvia or Lana quote into the story, and that counted as the inspiration.
I expected the stories to have deeper connections with the people who inspired them, and I just didn't feel it for most of these. My ratings run between 2⭐ and 5⭐ for each story, so it was all over the map. I appreciate that the stories were written by authors of all different genres, but I was hoping for the anthology to be darker and deeper as a whole.
My top 5 stories were Girls in the Garden of Holy Suffering by Lisa Marie Basile, Gods in the Blood by Gabino Iglesias, Sphinx Tears by Cara Digirolamo, Rituals of Gorgons by Larissa Glasser, and Because of Their Different Deaths by Stephanie Wytovich. In my opinion, these ones (and a few others) were what I was hoping for from this collection. These stories were captivating, bold, and haunting, much like the women who inspired them.