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A review by corsetedfeminist
Unfortunate Elements of My Anatomy by Hailey Piper
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- 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
3.5
I enjoyed this, and it was a very light, atmospheric read. Some of the stories really captured my attention and made me want more from that world, and some of them were enjoyable but not quite as thrilling, but I enjoyed all of them on some level.
My favorite of these stories by far is CandyLand, which I don’t know how to describe except that it somehow married Twilight and Alice in Wonderland and came out with a story that described women’s jealousy over men’s attention in a starkly unnerving way.
The worldbuilding was fantastic for short stories, I will give them that, and the character arcs for each story were very well done.
One thing I did appreciate was that the stories in this book aren’t afraid to be weird, and to end not just without a happy ending, but sometimes with an ending that’s just befuddling.
My favorite of these stories by far is CandyLand, which I don’t know how to describe except that it somehow married Twilight and Alice in Wonderland and came out with a story that described women’s jealousy over men’s attention in a starkly unnerving way.
The worldbuilding was fantastic for short stories, I will give them that, and the character arcs for each story were very well done.
One thing I did appreciate was that the stories in this book aren’t afraid to be weird, and to end not just without a happy ending, but sometimes with an ending that’s just befuddling.