Reviews

St. Juju by Rivers Solomon

jayme's review

4.0

Solomon manages to build a pretty interesting world in a very short space. Impressive. I want to know more about these future fungi and Juju’s trip outside the enclave. Hopefully they expand this piece someday.

Link to short story: https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2019/1/28/18139447/rivers-solomon-sci-fi-short-story-hound-mutants-better-worlds

nataliedc's review

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

3.75/5 stars. Wonderful prose, impressive worldbuilding for such a short story and a heartwarming romance. I do wish the message were a bit more subtle and, again, that this amazing premise be expanded into a bigger, and better, project.

carol26388's review

3.0

Messaging too overt but probably still needful. Interesting world-building bones that remind me of Carrie Vaughn post-apocalypse.

Found at: https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/28/18139447/rivers-solomon-sci-fi-short-story-hound-mutants-better-worlds