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A review by sch91086
Alien Virus Love Disaster: Stories by Abbey Mei Otis
2.0
"Abandon all hope, ye who enter here," (my imagined tag line for this book.)
This is the review I've been dreading most because I wanted so badly to like it and just couldn't connect with it at all. It's a collection of bizarre short fiction mostly incorporating some kind of romance and/or alien contact.
With a title like Alien Virus Love Disaster- I was expecting something weird, yes, but also something funny. Like the Stephanie Plum of alien books. And it was just dark, depressing, despairing. There isn't a single shred of hope in the whole darn book. Not one tiny story.
I gave it two stars instead of one because on the upside, the stories are unique and inclusive. I can honestly say I've never read anything like them, and I can see how they would be right for someone, just not me. I wanted to laugh, I wanted to be uplifted, and instead I ended up dragged down in a way I wasn't prepared for.
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This is the review I've been dreading most because I wanted so badly to like it and just couldn't connect with it at all. It's a collection of bizarre short fiction mostly incorporating some kind of romance and/or alien contact.
With a title like Alien Virus Love Disaster- I was expecting something weird, yes, but also something funny. Like the Stephanie Plum of alien books. And it was just dark, depressing, despairing. There isn't a single shred of hope in the whole darn book. Not one tiny story.
I gave it two stars instead of one because on the upside, the stories are unique and inclusive. I can honestly say I've never read anything like them, and I can see how they would be right for someone, just not me. I wanted to laugh, I wanted to be uplifted, and instead I ended up dragged down in a way I wasn't prepared for.
Content warnings: