Reviews

To Shape the Dark by Athena Andreadis

tehani's review against another edition

4.0

An excellent anthology which uses the theme very well. A few stories I didn't love, but some excellent and challenging reads overall that I thoroughly enjoyed. Highly recommended! See my full review here: https://thebooknut.wordpress.com/2016/05/29/new-review-to-shape-the-dark-2016/

kaa's review against another edition

4.0

Update: Finally finished reading the last four stories. Can't say they really changed my overall feelings about the book - no new favorites, but none that were totally terrible either.

I actually didn't read 4 of the stories at the end, because the book had to go back to the library, so this is for the part that I did read. Some really excellent stories, quite a few that were enjoyable, and only a few I really didn't care for. Many of my favorites were by authors I was already familiar with (Vandana Singh, Aliette de Bodard, Melissa Scott, Kiini Ibura Salaam), but "Carnivores of Can't-Go-Home", "Fieldwork", and "Building for Shah Jehan" stood out as great entries by new-to-me authors.

cindywho's review against another edition

3.0

I like to read a short story in between novels, but it makes it hard to remember the stories later. I do remember liking most of them...

thiefofcamorr's review against another edition

5.0

Read for "Crossing the Midday Gate" by Aliette de Bodard.

suzig's review against another edition

4.0

Really good anthology. Very strong work. Loved making my way through so much sci fi filled with strong complex women and fascinating science.