parkersanchezz's review against another edition
4.0
There were some really great stories in this, also some stinkers that slogged to get through. Skipped about 3. the ones about quantum physics are fun
babyfacedoldsoul's review
3.0
Some of these stories I really enjoyed, some of them I didn't finish. Great collection.
liz_keeney's review
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
austinburns's review
4.0
a few gems, mostly everything else is good, just a few duds. great collection.
lisa_elfman's review
A lot of it is very hard to read. It uses a prose style with a lot of vernacular and things that aren’t straight prose or poetry. It’s neat, but it’s not my thing.
ronpayne's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
This is a hard anthology for me to rate because most off the good stories in this I had already read before, and didn't reread them, so it felt like I mostly got the lowlights out of this book. Of the new to me stories in this I really liked Let's Play Dead by Senaa Ahmad, The Plague Doctors by Karen Lord, and Brother Rifle by Daryl Gregory. From the one's I had read before, The Pill by Meg Elison (which has lived rent free in my head for two years), How to Pay Reparations by Tochi Onyeabuchi, The Long Walk by Kate Elliot, and Two Truths and a Lie by Sarah Pinsker are all great.
booksbakesbikes's review
DNF @ ~50%. Started reading this for the Book Riot Read Harder challenge. Really enjoyed some stories but overall just have 0 desire to keep reading at the moment.
Individual stories that stuck out to me:
-Tiger's Feast was excellent. Strong, visceral, emotional.
-Not sure how I feel about The Pill. Very weird, very interesting. I don't know that I enjoyed reading it, but I still think it's a great short story.
-Schrodinger's Catastrophe was great. Thought my brother would enjoy it so had him read it, and he described it as "like Douglas Adams tried to do horror," which is pretty apt.
Individual stories that stuck out to me:
-Tiger's Feast was excellent. Strong, visceral, emotional.
-Not sure how I feel about The Pill. Very weird, very interesting. I don't know that I enjoyed reading it, but I still think it's a great short story.
-Schrodinger's Catastrophe was great. Thought my brother would enjoy it so had him read it, and he described it as "like Douglas Adams tried to do horror," which is pretty apt.