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A review by stitching_ghost
The Conservator's Collection: Derelict by Jay Bower, John Durgin, John Lynch
3.0
I was so excited for this one, pre-ordered it, started reading it on release day but the last story was such a letdown.
The first 2 stories were fantastic, kept me guessing, featured great characters and flawless pacing.
The last one was bloated with toothless social commentary which wasn't woven in the fabric of the story but added in the narration and didn't add anything to the story. So much time is spent trying to convince us that the character is not an asshole it's as if the author himself didn't believe in the idea that readers could care about an incarcerated person and to top it all off the guy's wife is seemingly out of a sudden a delusional mess (is she affected by the prison's bad juju by proxy or something?).
The first 2 stories were fantastic, kept me guessing, featured great characters and flawless pacing.
The last one was bloated with toothless social commentary which wasn't woven in the fabric of the story but added in the narration and didn't add anything to the story. So much time is spent trying to convince us that the character is not an asshole it's as if the author himself didn't believe in the idea that readers could care about an incarcerated person and to top it all off the guy's wife is seemingly out of a sudden a delusional mess (is she affected by the prison's bad juju by proxy or something?).