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yolanda_h's Reviews (306)

Untold Night and Day

Bae Suah

3.5

challenging reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

The Blind Owl

Sadegh Hedayat

DID NOT FINISH: 43%

It’s very intriguing and well written but too dark and surreal for me right now. I need something I can hold on to a bit more, while this one slips through my fingers like grains of sand.

Content Warnings

Bunny

Mona Awad

4.0

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The Sin Eater

Megan Campisi

3.25

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

Monstrilio

Gerardo Sámano Córdova

4.0

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

The Safekeep

Yael van der Wouden

4.5

emotional reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

Hag: Forgotten Folktales Retold

Imogen Hermes Gowar, Naomi Booth, Emma Glass, Irenosen Okojie, Daisy Johnson, Natasha Carthew, Eimear McBride, Liv Little, Mahsuda Snaith, Kirsty Logan

4.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

I don’t often read short story collections and find it difficult to rate them. But I really enjoyed the majority of these dark, uncanny retellings of lesser known tales. Some are in conversation with folk horror, others seem to meander more. But each one had something unsettling, darkness or just the sense of something being ‘not quite right’.