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A review by nairam1173
The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest by Ellen Datlow
4.0
I was so pleasantly surprised by this anthology.
It was one of those books that I kept seeing at the library and wanting to check out but kept reminding myself "hey, you don't like short stories that much."
I was incorrect. (Well, the half of me saying "don't bother" was incorrect, and fortunately overruled by the other half that kept saying: "but forests.")
While I didn't like every single entry, I did like a lot of them and loved a few. For some reason /Grounded/ is probably my favorite, even though it was also very weird. I took note of several of the authors.
Worth noting that all of these are *original* stories, not retellings (although inspired by myths/folktales), and generally by fantasy/sci-fi authors. I thought originally there might be some more strict retellings and maybe some historical. I'd still like to read something more like that, but having the mostly-modern fantasy vibe did make it a very cohesive read.
It was one of those books that I kept seeing at the library and wanting to check out but kept reminding myself "hey, you don't like short stories that much."
I was incorrect. (Well, the half of me saying "don't bother" was incorrect, and fortunately overruled by the other half that kept saying: "but forests.")
While I didn't like every single entry, I did like a lot of them and loved a few. For some reason /Grounded/ is probably my favorite, even though it was also very weird. I took note of several of the authors.
Worth noting that all of these are *original* stories, not retellings (although inspired by myths/folktales), and generally by fantasy/sci-fi authors. I thought originally there might be some more strict retellings and maybe some historical. I'd still like to read something more like that, but having the mostly-modern fantasy vibe did make it a very cohesive read.