A review by kleonard
A Spoonful of Malaysian Magic: An Anthology by Anna Tan

1.0

I'm sorry that none of the stories in this collection really grabbed me. The folklore on which these supposedly drew is rich and interesting, but many of the stories felt very generically magical or magical in a broadly pan-Asian way, including the use of anime tropes. Most of the stories needed significant developmental and/or line editing for length, tone, and clarity, The illustrations hurt the book as well--they're not needed, and they're not good.