Subscribe to Read | $0.00
Join today and start reading your favorite books for Free!
Quick and Easy Sign Up!
It takes less then 1 minute to sign up, then you can enjoy Unlimited eBooks.
Join today and start reading your favorite books for Free!
Quick and Easy Sign Up!
It takes less then 1 minute to sign up, then you can enjoy Unlimited eBooks.
Read Anywhere and on Any Device!
Rate this book!
Write a review?
“Home and Hope Both Sound a Little Bit Like Hunger” by Seanan McGuire & Jennifer Brozek
*Review originally posted on High Fever BooksThis is fourth volume in the Chiral Mad Series. I haven’t read the previous three volumes but after reading this one, I’m convinced I must go back and remedy the situation! Made up of 4 short stories, 4 novelettes, 4 novellas, and 4 graphic adaptations there is quite literally, something for everyone. My interest was piqued after seeing the impressive contributor list of fine authors and artists. All of the different stories are a collaboration of two...
Apparently I need more anthologies with collaborations because this book is one of my favorite anthologies I've read this year.The premise is simple. 4 short stories, 4 novelettes, 4 novellas, and 4 graphic adaptations, all of which are collaborations between 2 or more writers. And wow, is the list of writers for this one amazing. The anthology hits the ground running with the fantastic How We Broke by Bracken MacLeod and Paul Michael Anderson. I'm currently reading Anderson's collection Bones A...
I'm intrigued by the concept of the anthology (collaborations), and have read excellent work from some of the authors. Hard to turn this down, despite my reservations about most anthologies.I really like the brother/sister art project setup of MacLeod/Anderson's "How We Broke". But the exposition just seemed dragged out to me. Some of the brother/sister interactions are nicely executed, but I can't say I have much patience for soap operatic emoting, or a lot of dialog like:Eric said, "We really
Once again: one month later I don’t remember anything about it
(This review is for Seanan McGuire and Jennifer Brozek's "Home and Hope Both Sound a Little Bit Like 'Hunger.'") So. This was different. I think I must need to read Lovecraft, but I seem to be encountering a lot of things that are apparently inspired by his work that are just leaving me confused and a little uneasy. It was a little difficult to deal with the constant mention of *SPOILER* the killing of the pet cat. I'm never thrilled with animal deaths in stories and find them generally unnecess...
