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bookphile's review
2.0
This collection was really just okay...
The writing was good, but some of the stories were just too strange or confusing. I liked a few of them a lot, but I wouldn't say any of them really wowed them or that I loved any of them.
The writing was good, but some of the stories were just too strange or confusing. I liked a few of them a lot, but I wouldn't say any of them really wowed them or that I loved any of them.
fca12's review
3.0
This book is highly recommended for lovers of magical realism, horror, and mythology. I loved the first half of this short story collection, which was both terrifying, illuminating, and insanely creative. Blending fantasy, folklore, and myth, Pereira tells tall tales grounded in the in-betweenness and displacement of women, children, and immigrants. Pereira gives us snapshots of lives that are both vulnerable and fiercely formidable, of people who live on the "threshold" of society. She taps into common nightmares: rats on the New York subway, ghosts, monsters, etc. Reading Pereira is like starring in the first 30 minutes of a horror movie--you know something is off, you can feel someone around the corner, but every time you look, there's nothing there.
The book is not perfect, as some of the stories fail to connect or deliver, especially those dealing with Greek mythology. But other stories are pitch perfect, honing in on what it means to be human in an inhuman world.
Thank you to Cutlass Press for sharing this mesmerizing collecting. I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
The book is not perfect, as some of the stories fail to connect or deliver, especially those dealing with Greek mythology. But other stories are pitch perfect, honing in on what it means to be human in an inhuman world.
Thank you to Cutlass Press for sharing this mesmerizing collecting. I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
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