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A review by mary_soon_lee
I Never Liked You Anyway by Jordan Kurella
3.0
This novella is one of five nominated for this year's Nebula Award. It's a modern-day queer reworking of Orpheus and Eurydice that alternates between Eurydice's narration and Hades's. The updating of the myth is cleverly done and I enjoyed Hades. Yet I didn't find this compelling.
Perhaps the Nebula nomination worked against it in this instance, setting my hopes too high? While I liked Eurydice and wished things would end well for her, I didn't feel drawn to the story.
Three out of five stygian stars.
About my reviews: I try to review every book I read, including those that I don't end up enjoying. The reviews are not scholarly, but just indicate my reaction as a reader, reading being my addiction. I am miserly with 5-star reviews; 4 stars means I liked a book very much; 3 stars means I liked it; 2 stars means I didn't like it (though often the 2-star books are very popular with other readers and/or are by authors whose other work I've loved).
Perhaps the Nebula nomination worked against it in this instance, setting my hopes too high? While I liked Eurydice and wished things would end well for her, I didn't feel drawn to the story.
Spoiler
Orpheus and Aristaeus were intentionally unlikable, which made scenes with them somewhat unpleasant reading for me. Here's to all the good guys: Andi, Penelope, Hector, Eurydice.Three out of five stygian stars.
About my reviews: I try to review every book I read, including those that I don't end up enjoying. The reviews are not scholarly, but just indicate my reaction as a reader, reading being my addiction. I am miserly with 5-star reviews; 4 stars means I liked a book very much; 3 stars means I liked it; 2 stars means I didn't like it (though often the 2-star books are very popular with other readers and/or are by authors whose other work I've loved).