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A review by devannm
Athena's Daughters, Vol. 1 by Jean Rabe
2.0
Updated Review: Posted January 2018
my feelings on the anthology as a whole haven't really changed, but i did up my rating from 1 star to 2 stars since i was actually able to finish it finally, although honestly i think that is more a testament to how much i've improved my skimming skills in the past year than anything else. i really wanted to love this and i guess i will try to read the 2nd one eventually because i did pay for it but this one was just overall so underwhelming and it makes me sad.
Original Review: Posted January 2017
i'm finally just giving up on this, DNF at around 50%. i wanted to like this so badly, but i've been trying to get through it for two months and every time i think to pick it up i just dread trying to muddle through another story. and i'm sick of seeing it on my sidebar.
excellent idea for an anthology but there really needs to be some kind of quality control and also more of a variety of stories. i feel like 45% of them were the same victorian story over and over again, another 45% was the same sci-fi story over and over again, and then the remaining 10% was just weird shit. like there was some story with sentient animals that made ZERO sense because apparently it was the third in a series and the author chose to give no background info on it. i was just sitting there like ???? the whole time. i'm hoping maybe some of the other anthologies by this publishing company are better because i chose the backer package where i got ALL of them, but i guess what can you do about it now.
definitely the high point of the half that i read was cleolinda's short story, a prequel to her long awaited novel that i hope she manages to finish one day. ;)
my feelings on the anthology as a whole haven't really changed, but i did up my rating from 1 star to 2 stars since i was actually able to finish it finally, although honestly i think that is more a testament to how much i've improved my skimming skills in the past year than anything else. i really wanted to love this and i guess i will try to read the 2nd one eventually because i did pay for it but this one was just overall so underwhelming and it makes me sad.
Original Review: Posted January 2017
i'm finally just giving up on this, DNF at around 50%. i wanted to like this so badly, but i've been trying to get through it for two months and every time i think to pick it up i just dread trying to muddle through another story. and i'm sick of seeing it on my sidebar.
excellent idea for an anthology but there really needs to be some kind of quality control and also more of a variety of stories. i feel like 45% of them were the same victorian story over and over again, another 45% was the same sci-fi story over and over again, and then the remaining 10% was just weird shit. like there was some story with sentient animals that made ZERO sense because apparently it was the third in a series and the author chose to give no background info on it. i was just sitting there like ???? the whole time. i'm hoping maybe some of the other anthologies by this publishing company are better because i chose the backer package where i got ALL of them, but i guess what can you do about it now.
definitely the high point of the half that i read was cleolinda's short story, a prequel to her long awaited novel that i hope she manages to finish one day. ;)