A review by wanderlustlover
Uncanny Magazine Issue 23: July/August 2018 by Alasdair Stuart, Marissa Lingen, Tobias S. Buckell, Mary Robinette Kowal, Ali Trotta, Anya Ow, Caroline M. Yoachim, Elsa Sjunneson-Henry, K.M. Szpara, R.K. Kalaw, Brooke Bolander, Nicasio Andres Reed, Neon Yang, Cassandra Khaw, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Cynthia So, A. Merc Rustad, Sam J. Miller, Michael Damian Thomas, Brandon O'Brien, Lynne M. Thomas, Mari Ness, Alex Bledsoe, Brit E.B. Hvide
3.0
Summer 2019 (Hugo Award Nominee 2019 - Best Short Story);
I wish I could say I loved this one, but I didn't. I'm not even sure that I truly liked it enough for a 3, but it's not bad enough for a 2.5 even. It was well done, but it simply wasn't my cup of tea. It's a lovely fantasy jaunt and it's well-executed, from the narration of the story being told to hatchlings, to the inclusion of dinosaurs in a fantasy-laden medieval setting.
I do appreciate that this round of Hugo Nominee stories is having a lot of inverted/reclaimed female roles and myths and ownerships.
I wish I could say I loved this one, but I didn't. I'm not even sure that I truly liked it enough for a 3, but it's not bad enough for a 2.5 even. It was well done, but it simply wasn't my cup of tea. It's a lovely fantasy jaunt and it's well-executed, from the narration of the story being told to hatchlings, to the inclusion of dinosaurs in a fantasy-laden medieval setting.
I do appreciate that this round of Hugo Nominee stories is having a lot of inverted/reclaimed female roles and myths and ownerships.