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A review by abetterjulie
Godfall and Other Stories by Sandra M. Odell
5.0
I'm hard to please, especially with short story collections. They tend to one-note, shallow, and hit-or miss.
Not this one.
Not by a long, long way. I am a bit jaw-dropped and dazed, to be honest. Where has Sandra Odell been all this time? Oh, I know. I know, and I'm so incredibly impressed to hear what voice has emerged. So admiring of the wealth of tales shared with us all. What a vast collection!
Her work goes beyond the writing advice of Be Bold, Be Bold. It surpasses the limits so many authors allow themselves to believe. It grabs the idea of writing what you know by the throat and squeezes until you can't breathe. But, you like it.
Every story in this book made me forget I was reading. I know of no higher compliment to give.
There's joy and pain and horror and reality and fantasy and hard sci-fi and soft magical sighs. I am serious. This is a collection with the theme of showing ALL the ways Odell can write well, which is apparently, all the ways. I hope to read much much more of her in longer works to come, but right now I'm grateful for this book.
Not this one.
Not by a long, long way. I am a bit jaw-dropped and dazed, to be honest. Where has Sandra Odell been all this time? Oh, I know. I know, and I'm so incredibly impressed to hear what voice has emerged. So admiring of the wealth of tales shared with us all. What a vast collection!
Her work goes beyond the writing advice of Be Bold, Be Bold. It surpasses the limits so many authors allow themselves to believe. It grabs the idea of writing what you know by the throat and squeezes until you can't breathe. But, you like it.
Every story in this book made me forget I was reading. I know of no higher compliment to give.
There's joy and pain and horror and reality and fantasy and hard sci-fi and soft magical sighs. I am serious. This is a collection with the theme of showing ALL the ways Odell can write well, which is apparently, all the ways. I hope to read much much more of her in longer works to come, but right now I'm grateful for this book.