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A review by dhiyanah
Wolf's Path by Joyce Chng
adventurous
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
5.0
'Wolf's Path' is an intricately exciting collection of speculative stories, poetry, and personal essays that flow together with an undercurrent of warmth and thoughtfulness.
I’ve been reading Joyce Chng’s stories for years now, so I knew that this collection was going to be an engaging, deeply human, and a thoroughly badass read. I was not disappointed! Joyce wonderfully creates stories that expand and question perspectives, with characters that can be as sharp as claws and soft as paw pads. They have a way of embedding the fury of injustices within plotlines so that something kinder can grow in their characters. Each story leaves us with catalysts for reflection, growth, and hope.
My favorites were The Sound of Breaking Glass, The Lessons of the Moon, I Found Love in an Urn Full of Ashes, and Saints and Bodhisattvas.
Highly recommended for those who enjoy memorable, speculative stories that are robustly imaginative and edged with a quiet (sometimes feisty!) intensity.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher, Atthis Arts, for the eARC.
I’ve been reading Joyce Chng’s stories for years now, so I knew that this collection was going to be an engaging, deeply human, and a thoroughly badass read. I was not disappointed! Joyce wonderfully creates stories that expand and question perspectives, with characters that can be as sharp as claws and soft as paw pads. They have a way of embedding the fury of injustices within plotlines so that something kinder can grow in their characters. Each story leaves us with catalysts for reflection, growth, and hope.
My favorites were The Sound of Breaking Glass, The Lessons of the Moon, I Found Love in an Urn Full of Ashes, and Saints and Bodhisattvas.
Highly recommended for those who enjoy memorable, speculative stories that are robustly imaginative and edged with a quiet (sometimes feisty!) intensity.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher, Atthis Arts, for the eARC.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore and War
Moderate: Chronic illness, Blood, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Death