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A review by podanotherjessi
Man Made Monsters by Andrea L. Rogers
informative
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
This has the same problem as many short story collections, which is to say some of the stories are great and some are not so great. I liked the stories at the beginning that leaned more fantasy more than the sci-fi ones toward the end, but they were a mixed bag throughout.
The added challenge in this collection is that the stories are meant to be interconnected and tell a complete saga of a family through the generations, and it fails to meet that challenge. There's not quite enough of a through-line outside of the biological one and a thin theme about injustice. Some stories actively contradict previous ones in a way that left me very confused as to what was real and what wasn't for a very long time.
Overall, I applaud the ambition of this book, but it just didn't quite land for me.
The added challenge in this collection is that the stories are meant to be interconnected and tell a complete saga of a family through the generations, and it fails to meet that challenge. There's not quite enough of a through-line outside of the biological one and a thin theme about injustice. Some stories actively contradict previous ones in a way that left me very confused as to what was real and what wasn't for a very long time.
Overall, I applaud the ambition of this book, but it just didn't quite land for me.