Review of Grants Pass
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A week and a half ago, I finished up Grants Pass, created by Jennifer Brozek (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jennifer_brozek), edited by Jennifer Brozek and Amanda Pillar (amandapillar), published by Morrigan Books. I suppose I should offer a quick disclaimer. I have been a cheerleader of this project since the beginning when Jenn and I would take our lunch time walks when we used to work together. So I've been anxious to get my hands on this book for a long time.
Personally, I am a slow reader, so if a book doesn't hold my interest, I'm not about to invest any more of my time with it. With that said, you might be wondering how Grants Pass faired? Swimmingly! There was only one store that I didn't really care for in terms of style and storytelling, "Black Heart, White Mourning" by Jay Lake, but the story did make me think and that's a good thing. Three of the stories actually made me cry.
The first of those was "Animal Husbrandy" by Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) , which hit me really hard, both when Seannan read it aloud at Soul Food Books and when I read it again on my own. As a parent, I connected with one of the character and the choices he has to make for the betterment of his child.
"Newfound Gap", by Lee Clark Zumpe, had me with hope, that desperate kind which pushes people forward. Sometimes that drive pays off and sometimes it doesn't. My need for Kleenex was based out of one of those two ends. I'll let you read the story and find out which.
Lastly, "Remembrance", by James M. Sullivan (sylvan), sets us up with hope again, like several of the other stories. Like "Newfound Gap", the hope pivots around reconnecting with a separated loved one and doing whatever one can to survive.
If you like apocalyptic fiction with good character development and well told stories, I can't recommend this book enough.
A week and a half ago, I finished up Grants Pass, created by Jennifer Brozek (
jennifer_brozek), edited by Jennifer Brozek and Amanda Pillar (amandapillar), published by Morrigan Books. I suppose I should offer a quick disclaimer. I have been a cheerleader of this project since the beginning when Jenn and I would take our lunch time walks when we used to work together. So I've been anxious to get my hands on this book for a long time.Personally, I am a slow reader, so if a book doesn't hold my interest, I'm not about to invest any more of my time with it. With that said, you might be wondering how Grants Pass faired? Swimmingly! There was only one store that I didn't really care for in terms of style and storytelling, "Black Heart, White Mourning" by Jay Lake, but the story did make me think and that's a good thing. Three of the stories actually made me cry.
The first of those was "Animal Husbrandy" by Seanan McGuire (
seanan_mcguire) , which hit me really hard, both when Seannan read it aloud at Soul Food Books and when I read it again on my own. As a parent, I connected with one of the character and the choices he has to make for the betterment of his child."Newfound Gap", by Lee Clark Zumpe, had me with hope, that desperate kind which pushes people forward. Sometimes that drive pays off and sometimes it doesn't. My need for Kleenex was based out of one of those two ends. I'll let you read the story and find out which.
Lastly, "Remembrance", by James M. Sullivan (
sylvan), sets us up with hope again, like several of the other stories. Like "Newfound Gap", the hope pivots around reconnecting with a separated loved one and doing whatever one can to survive.If you like apocalyptic fiction with good character development and well told stories, I can't recommend this book enough.
