flying_monkey 's review for:

Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea by Sarah Pinsker

4.25

adventurous emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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This is a superior collection of literary science fiction stories by a Nebula-award winning writer. They focus on relationships, and the suble and personal effects of technological and social change. The quality of the writing is breathtaking at its best, and some of the stories pack of powerful emotional punch while retaining subtlety. There are one or two that aren't quite so strong, but that's to be expected. I'm reading her novel next, and unfortunately it's connected to the story I probably liked least in this collection (about a singer-songwriter in a post-pandemic apocalyptic society). Pinsker is also a folk singer-songwriter, so I checked some of her music out and... well, let's just say I'm glad she took up writing fiction!