cleo_reads's review against another edition
3.0
Not my favorites by this author, but interesting to see how much his writing has grown since these stories were first published 8 years ago.
see_sadie_read's review against another edition
4.0
A Matter of Disagreement 5☆
Duene 3☆
Winter's Bees 4☆
On the whole I really enjoyed this story collection. I liked the alternative history, magical world. I loved that all the main characters are people who almost never get to be romantic leads—fat men, trans men, differently abled, castrato, Poc (who fall in love with other PoC), men considered ugly by the standards of their couture, men with small penises. I would have really liked to have seen a woman or two. There are female side characters and they all seemed strong (if strong in very male ways), but no lead females.
The writing is very good, and the editing for the first two stories is pretty good too. It falls apart for the last one for some reason. I mean, really noticeably! But this isn't the first Ottoman book I've read and it won't be the last.
Duene 3☆
Winter's Bees 4☆
On the whole I really enjoyed this story collection. I liked the alternative history, magical world. I loved that all the main characters are people who almost never get to be romantic leads—fat men, trans men, differently abled, castrato, Poc (who fall in love with other PoC), men considered ugly by the standards of their couture, men with small penises. I would have really liked to have seen a woman or two. There are female side characters and they all seemed strong (if strong in very male ways), but no lead females.
The writing is very good, and the editing for the first two stories is pretty good too. It falls apart for the last one for some reason. I mean, really noticeably! But this isn't the first Ottoman book I've read and it won't be the last.
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