A review by ronpayne
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2021 by John Joseph Adams, Veronica Roth
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- 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
3.0
This is a hard anthology for me to rate because most off the good stories in this I had already read before, and didn't reread them, so it felt like I mostly got the lowlights out of this book. Of the new to me stories in this I really liked Let's Play Dead by Senaa Ahmad, The Plague Doctors by Karen Lord, and Brother Rifle by Daryl Gregory. From the one's I had read before, The Pill by Meg Elison (which has lived rent free in my head for two years), How to Pay Reparations by Tochi Onyeabuchi, The Long Walk by Kate Elliot, and Two Truths and a Lie by Sarah Pinsker are all great.