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A review by hakimbriki
Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea by Sarah Pinsker
3.0
I'm torn about this one. I loved four out of the 13 stories. A Stretch of Highway Two Lanes Wide is a breathtakingly ingenious take on the brain-computer interface tech. And We Were Left Darkling was both terrifying and strangely poetic. Our Lady of the Open Road presents a nightmarish yet likely realistic outlook on the future of live music. The Narwhal is the most endearing story in the collection, and offers a very emotional twist.
The other nine tales in the collection just didn't transcend me at all. Some have inventive ideas, like The Sewell Home for the Temporally Displaced and Wind Will Rove, both of which are sci-fi in nature, but it just didn't click for me, mainly due to the lack of characterization depth and uninspired plot developments. Two of the stories, Remembery Day and In Joy, Knowing the Abyss have big gaping plot holes that drove me nuts. All in all, this is a good collection full of originality and beautiful language. It made me want to read more of her books. If you're a musician like me, you'll also appreciate all the references, and the witticisms about certain musical behaviors, songwriting techniques, and bandmate banter.
The other nine tales in the collection just didn't transcend me at all. Some have inventive ideas, like The Sewell Home for the Temporally Displaced and Wind Will Rove, both of which are sci-fi in nature, but it just didn't click for me, mainly due to the lack of characterization depth and uninspired plot developments. Two of the stories, Remembery Day and In Joy, Knowing the Abyss have big gaping plot holes that drove me nuts. All in all, this is a good collection full of originality and beautiful language. It made me want to read more of her books. If you're a musician like me, you'll also appreciate all the references, and the witticisms about certain musical behaviors, songwriting techniques, and bandmate banter.