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A review by tempscire
Miss Subways by David Duchovny
4.0
That was an interesting read, if nothing else. 3.5 stars for sometimes getting a little too ~philosophical~ monologuey. I'm going to have to digest this one a bit.
Well-timed read in my media consumption, though! I recently listened to Myths & Legend podcast's episode on Cuchulain and Emer (not a recent episode, though, I'm catching up backlog), and my previous read featured ghost stations, too, so that was neat.
A few whiffs of American Gods come out, though I would suspect the concept of beliefs and gods immigrating with their believers didn't originate with Gaiman, even if he's the most iconic. I'm not sure about female-Anansi being a kind of Jezebel interloper. There's also the question of why are the Fair Folk meddling with these people's lives... But that you pretty much just have to take for granted.
There were some good screwball comedy-esque dialog bantering at times, especially between Emer and Con. Black-(lesbian)-best-friend Izzy was pretty bland: I kept waiting for her to be revealed as having some fae significance herself, but nope. She's just boringv and doesn't serve a particularly interesting role in the plot.
Some nice literary references packed in. I'm b especially struck about "perfection of the life" and "perfection of the work," and Emer's ruminations thereon. As a character, she strikes quite the chord with me. I feel her. I probably am her in another 10 years, honestly.
Overall, pretty impressed by Duchovny here!
Well-timed read in my media consumption, though! I recently listened to Myths & Legend podcast's episode on Cuchulain and Emer (not a recent episode, though, I'm catching up backlog), and my previous read featured ghost stations, too, so that was neat.
A few whiffs of American Gods come out, though I would suspect the concept of beliefs and gods immigrating with their believers didn't originate with Gaiman, even if he's the most iconic. I'm not sure about female-Anansi being a kind of Jezebel interloper. There's also the question of why are the Fair Folk meddling with these people's lives... But that you pretty much just have to take for granted.
There were some good screwball comedy-esque dialog bantering at times, especially between Emer and Con. Black-(lesbian)-best-friend Izzy was pretty bland: I kept waiting for her to be revealed as having some fae significance herself, but nope. She's just boringv and doesn't serve a particularly interesting role in the plot.
Some nice literary references packed in. I'm b especially struck about "perfection of the life" and "perfection of the work," and Emer's ruminations thereon. As a character, she strikes quite the chord with me. I feel her. I probably am her in another 10 years, honestly.
Overall, pretty impressed by Duchovny here!