Reviews

Bridge to Elsewhere by Alana Joli Abbott, Julia Rios

inameitlater's review

adventurous hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

annarella's review

4.0

These are new to me authors and a collection of short stories. They are at different level and but entertaining.
Recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine

sashas_books's review

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.0

Supporting indie publishing on Kickstarter is a good thing, right? This anthology sounded like a cool project to support. So I did. And then I started reading – almost six months ago now. The majority of the stories were mediocre at best, imo – there were the “so what?”, stories, there was uninspired writing, there were fragments instead of stories, there were the “you think you’re funny, but you are not” stories…

I ended up using the book as a palate cleanser when I couldn’t decide what to read next.

There was just one memorable story:

“Meteorites” by Anjali Patel – a retelling of Ray Bradbury’s “Kaleidoscope”. It was wise and heartbreaking, delightfully written. Why couldn’t the rest of the book be the same?

Well, at least I am done now.

vortacist's review

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

dazlious's review

adventurous hopeful reflective medium-paced

5.0

inkdrinkers's review

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

Bridge to Elsewhere is a collection of various sci-fi short stories, ranging from cats lending a hand to the crews who care for them to giant tree shaped spaceships with mysterious powers.

Short stories are always a hard format to undertake. I find it can sometimes be difficult to follow along with the quick plots they have to have for so few pages. There were, however, a lot of stories I really loved in this book! I really enjoyed the writing in "How to Win Friends and Influence Rebellion," "Meteorites," "Seven Things I Learned Traveling Through Space with a Genetically Engineered Lesbian Peahen," and "Quantum Leap.'

This was an overall enjoyable collection! I think it's a nice book to pick up to read one or two stories, then put back down and return to at a later date. I could see it being enjoyable for a lot of casual sci-fi fans.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and Outland Entertainment for providing me with a copy for an honest review.

techxplorer's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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

4.5