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cloudslikethis's review
4.0
A fun/sad/poetic and very punk retelling of the Twelve Dancing Princesses.
lnatal's review
3.0
You may read online at Tor.com.
Opening lines:
I remember when the very air pulsed with music, raucous shouts and double-time beats mixing with the eerie wailing of tortured guitars. We were all of us young and wild; my brothers and I wore tight black jeans and ripped T-shirts and stood around looking tough and combing our hair till it was slicked back just right to show off our sideburns.
Opening lines:
I remember when the very air pulsed with music, raucous shouts and double-time beats mixing with the eerie wailing of tortured guitars. We were all of us young and wild; my brothers and I wore tight black jeans and ripped T-shirts and stood around looking tough and combing our hair till it was slicked back just right to show off our sideburns.
roshanichokshi's review
5.0
Reread this recently, and it's lost none of its edge. This has to be one of my favorite short stories of all time.
***
I read this awhile ago on Tor.com, and I felt so gutted by the end. This is an incredible take on the Twelve Dancing Princesses fairytale, and I loved every minute of it. Read it.
***
I read this awhile ago on Tor.com, and I felt so gutted by the end. This is an incredible take on the Twelve Dancing Princesses fairytale, and I loved every minute of it. Read it.
nilchance's review
I really wish this story had been from Isabel's POV. I wish Schanoes had gone with the original ending, where Jake and Isabel don't reunite. According to the author, Jake has depression as well, but my initial impression of their reunion was "well, I'm going to put up with your unlovable depression and that means I deserve your heart. Even though you pointed out that I barely know you as a person."
As it stands, it leaves me with a bad taste in my mouth. I'm not rating it because I love the author's other work and the story is so apparently about her experience of depression. It just raises my hackles.
As it stands, it leaves me with a bad taste in my mouth. I'm not rating it because I love the author's other work and the story is so apparently about her experience of depression. It just raises my hackles.
catevari's review
4.0
A punk rock retelling of the Twelve Dancing Prince(esse)s. Like a lot of short stories, I wanted this to be a little longer than it is, give the story a little room to breathe and to give the comedown from the denouement some expansion...but it's also possible the story's frenetic pace fits with the author's vision. In any case, it's an interesting re-envisioning, one I've been thinking about and chewing over since I finished the story and I like the ultimate intersection of love and what it can fix and what it can't.
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