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A review by exorcismofemilyreed
Hydrophobia by Peter Molnar, Lisa Vasquez, Kenneth Goldman
3.0
Hydrophobia is a charity anthology from Stitched Smile - the proceeds from this book go to Hurricane Harvey victims. I'm from Houston, so I had to order this book as soon as I heard about it.
The anthology was put together in about 2 weeks in order to be able to raise money. I truly admire the authors who donated their stories to this collection in order to help my city.
However, as a book reviewer, I just didn't love this anthology. My biggest issue was that one of the stories was unfinished. It just ended in the middle of a sentence, and I was actually curious to find out what happened. I contacted the publishing company & was told that it was a printing error. There were a couple other minor errors, but that was the big frustrated one. I just feel bad for complaining about this when it's a charity anthology.
The stories in this book were hit or miss for me (and there were a few more misses than I expected, but it is a longer anthology). My top 5 were The Dust - William Stuart, In the Shadow of the Equine - Kenneth W. Caine, Hydrophobia - Shemeeka Howard (based screenplay by Chris Courtney Martin), and What Storms Bring - KC Griffant. These were amazing stories, and I was introduced to quite a few new authors from this anthology.
Thank you so much to Stiched Smile & the authors for supporting my city.
The anthology was put together in about 2 weeks in order to be able to raise money. I truly admire the authors who donated their stories to this collection in order to help my city.
However, as a book reviewer, I just didn't love this anthology. My biggest issue was that one of the stories was unfinished. It just ended in the middle of a sentence, and I was actually curious to find out what happened. I contacted the publishing company & was told that it was a printing error. There were a couple other minor errors, but that was the big frustrated one. I just feel bad for complaining about this when it's a charity anthology.
The stories in this book were hit or miss for me (and there were a few more misses than I expected, but it is a longer anthology). My top 5 were The Dust - William Stuart, In the Shadow of the Equine - Kenneth W. Caine, Hydrophobia - Shemeeka Howard (based screenplay by Chris Courtney Martin), and What Storms Bring - KC Griffant. These were amazing stories, and I was introduced to quite a few new authors from this anthology.
Thank you so much to Stiched Smile & the authors for supporting my city.