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A review by erraticeldandil
Get In Trouble: Stories by Kelly Link
4.0
Get In Trouble by Kelly Link
Rating: 4⭐️
I liked this book on more on more of an intellectual level than an...enjoyment level. This is the closest I've found to the literary fantasy that I've been looking for for a while. In effect it examines the reality of fantasy and science fiction worlds and the ""human"" component of them. It asks: How does the altered reality change how beings in that world feel and act?
It is also about secrets. In every story there is a central relationship(s) that is featured heavily in the story and all contain secrets kept between the two parties, that are often kept from the reader as much as from the secretee until the very end. This leads into my personal feelings about the book. Both these themes are really interesting and well applied but the distance that the characters keep from everyone in the story, even the readers, makes it hard to really feel for them even though the stories are relatively long for short stories. This isn't inherently bad, but I prefer books that allow me to really inhabit a characters reality and mind and the distance was a bit jarring.
That being said, I'm still really glad I read it, just because it is a way of storytelling that I rarely see in SFF. My favorite story was definitely "The Lesson". It was a lot more heartfelt and genuine feeling than a lot of the others and I really loved the main characters relationship.
Rating: 4⭐️
I liked this book on more on more of an intellectual level than an...enjoyment level. This is the closest I've found to the literary fantasy that I've been looking for for a while. In effect it examines the reality of fantasy and science fiction worlds and the ""human"" component of them. It asks: How does the altered reality change how beings in that world feel and act?
It is also about secrets. In every story there is a central relationship(s) that is featured heavily in the story and all contain secrets kept between the two parties, that are often kept from the reader as much as from the secretee until the very end. This leads into my personal feelings about the book. Both these themes are really interesting and well applied but the distance that the characters keep from everyone in the story, even the readers, makes it hard to really feel for them even though the stories are relatively long for short stories. This isn't inherently bad, but I prefer books that allow me to really inhabit a characters reality and mind and the distance was a bit jarring.
That being said, I'm still really glad I read it, just because it is a way of storytelling that I rarely see in SFF. My favorite story was definitely "The Lesson". It was a lot more heartfelt and genuine feeling than a lot of the others and I really loved the main characters relationship.
Content Warnings
Minor: Homophobia and Xenophobia