Posted by Bill Capossere | Mar 16, 2023 | SFF Reviews | 0
Tenacious Beasts by Christopher J. Preston Tenacious Beasts (2023) by Christopher J. Preston, is a rarity among environmental/ecological books nowadays — an uplifting work that highlights positivity, resilience, and hope for the future. As such, it’s a highly rewarding book and a breath of fresh air amongst all the depressing numbers out there having to do with […]
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Posted by Bill Capossere | Mar 7, 2023 | SFF Reviews | 0
Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati Clytemnestra (2023), as the style makes clear, is another entry in the ever-growing genre of Greek myth retellings. Casati does a nice job here of creating tension even within a well-known tale, and has several quite moving scenes, though the book’s somewhat flat style and — for me at least — odd […]
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Posted by Bill Capossere | Mar 1, 2023 | SFF Reviews | 0
The Crane Husband by Kelly Barnhill Kelly Barnhill’s novella The Crane Husband is a darkly grim reimagining of and response to the Crane Wife folktale. A tough read thanks to its bleak near-future setting and dark focus on abuse and family dysfunction, and at times quite blunt in fable fashion, it’s also a rewarding read […]
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Posted by Bill Capossere | Feb 21, 2023 | SFF Reviews | 3
Arch-Conspirator by Veronica Roth Arch-Conspirator (2023), by Veronica Roth, is a tautly written reimagining of Sophocles’ tragedy Antigone. While some will probably wish for a bit more world-building detail and deeper development of some themes, fans of the novella form will find a lot to like here. Set in a post-apocalyptic, far-future refuge where the land […]
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Posted by Bill Capossere | Feb 17, 2023 | SFF Reviews | 0
The Darkness Manifesto: On Light Pollution, Night Ecology, and the Ancient Rhythms that Sustain Life by Johan Eklöf (translated by Elizabeth DeNoma) The Darkness Manifesto: On Light Pollution, Night Ecology, and the Ancient Rhythms that Sustain Life by Johan Eklöf (translated by Elizabeth DeNoma) is a solidly informative book that raises some serious questions and challenges us […]
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Posted by Bill Capossere | Feb 14, 2023 | SFF Reviews | 1
Unquiet Spirits: Essays by Asian Women edited by Lee Murray & Angela Yuriko In Unquiet Spirits: Essays by Asian Women, edited by Lee Murray and Angela Yuriko Smith, twenty-one Asian writers (all women as one might have guessed from the title) offer up a single personal essay each that both explores their heritage of ghost […]
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