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Bezig met laden... Where the Veil Is Thindoor Cerece Rennie Murphy (Redacteur), Alana Joli Abbott (Editor & Contributor)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Like most anthologies, this has a lot of highs and lows and in-betweens. Unfortunately, I felt like there were more lows than anything while reading this, and even the highs were more like just okay stories that I found entertaining. Overall, my biggest grievance is that the overall reading level of the stories felt like YA or younger, despite the content being very adult. If this was a YA collection that would be perfect, but NetGalley has this categorized as adult. (I double-checked halfway through reading it because I genuinely couldn't remember.) My rating is based on an average of all the story ratings, rounded to the nearest integer. --- Individual story ratings: Quest for Tear Heaven - 2 Stars This one just sort of seemed like it was written for young kids. Glamour - 2 stars I didn't care for the plot or the characters. The dialogue also wasn't that well-written, in my honest opinion. See a Fine Lady - 3 stars This was cute and whimsical. It was a pleasant enough read, but nothing really special about it. Or Perhaps Up - 1 star I honestly felt like the writing in this story was trying too hard to sound descriptive, including what I suspect was the misuse of a thesaurus. Did not end up even finishing the story as I didn't care for it. Don't Let Go - 3 stars This was engaging and fun to read, but nothing particularly blew me away about it. The Loophole - 4 stars A pretty solid story overall, but the romance aspect seemed a little contrived. The Last Time of Master Tranquil Cloud - 2 stars Took too long to kick off, I think a lot of the exposition could have been cut. I ended up skipping the story because I was bored in a few pages. Your Two Better Halves - Not Rated I decided to skip rating this one. It's a choose-your-own-adventure, which sounds fun in theory, but in practice is a pain in the fucking ass to try to read on a kindle. I don't want to rate the story poorly because of that, but I wasn't really able to engage with it in the way intended so I ended up skipping the story completely. Take Only Photos - 2 stars The writing felt like geared toward a YA audience, despite the main character being a full-on adult. That just didn't work for me. Old Twelvey Night - 4 stars Very well-written, entertaining, the perfect amount of whimsical. I really enjoyed this one. The Seal Woman's Tale - 4 stars The best story of the bunch. I thought this was really well-written, engaging, and the character work was just right for the length. Maybe more like 4.5 stars, but I only rate in whole numbers. The Storyteller - 3 Stars I'm not mad at this one, but it also didn't do anything for me. Summer Skin - 3 Stars I don't know how to feel about this one. The writing was decent, though, so I guess 3 stars is fair. Colt's Tooth - 2 stars Not a very strong ending to the anthology. I feel pretty shrug emoji about this. --- An e-ARC was provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for honest review. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
These are not your daughter's faerie stories... Around the world, there are tales of creatures that live in mist or shadow, hidden from humans by only the slightest veil. In Where the Veil Is Thin, these creatures step into the light. Some are small and harmless. Some are bizarre mirrors of this world. Some have hidden motives, while others seek justice against humans who have wronged them. In these pages, you will meet blood-sucking tooth fairies and gentle boo hags, souls who find new shapes after death and changelings seeking a way to fit into either world. You will cross the veil--but be careful that you remember the way back. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Hernandez's story -- "Your Two Better Halves: A Dream, with Fairies, in Spanglish" was my favorite, as expected. The story is a choose-your-own adventure encounter with fey, with a personality quiz aspect as your story choices determine your options for the two halves of your fairy self at the end. I was so charmed by EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS. (I was half sturdy tree, half planetarium, by the way.)
That story would have been worth the price of admission alone, but I also loved "See a Fine Lady" by Seanan McGuire (a woman rides a unicorn into Target), "Or Perhaps Up" by C.S.E. Cooney (a woman takes an ill-fated river journey on a swan boat), among others. In general the collected tended to be a bit darker than my usual preferences, but I found enough delights here to be very happy with the book overall. ( )