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leftylauren's review
5.0
Review left specifically for "Repairing the World" by John Chu, as heard on Levar Burton Reads.
betsygant's review
2.0
Eh. LeVar Burton did a great job, as always, with his podcast reading. But I just wasn't a fan of the story at all and had trouble finishing the recording. I can't recommend this.
kristine's review
4.0
Repairing the World - John Chu
A wonderful short story that ended too soon and left me wanting more.
A wonderful short story that ended too soon and left me wanting more.
marziesreads's review
4.0
I listened to this story on LeVar Burton Reads. It's hopeful but in some ways heartbreaking. An evocative piece about trying to fix your world's and your friend's troubles.
I have to seek out more of John Chu's writing!
I have to seek out more of John Chu's writing!
catevari's review
3.0
Like any anthology, it's a mixed bag of things you like, things you don't, and things that either leave no impression or seem too obscure to be worth much.
My favorite story was "Repairing the World", which was an interesting peek at a Fringe-like world struggling against the incursion of other realities. I would've read an entire novel about the world and the characters.
"Perfect" was a good opener for the issue, a sharp bite of flash fic, more amuse-bouche than meal, but whetting the appetite perfectly for the things to come.
"The Cultist's Son" was an interesting idea, but I'm not sure how I feel about the execution. The physical violence fits the characters & situation, but I feel it's still questionable if it needs to be there, or adds anything to the story.
The Pamela Dean story proves to me what I felt from reading one previous novel: she writes encompassing worlds that, in the end, are generally unsatisfying and don't leave enough to really bite into.
My favorite story was "Repairing the World", which was an interesting peek at a Fringe-like world struggling against the incursion of other realities. I would've read an entire novel about the world and the characters.
"Perfect" was a good opener for the issue, a sharp bite of flash fic, more amuse-bouche than meal, but whetting the appetite perfectly for the things to come.
"The Cultist's Son" was an interesting idea, but I'm not sure how I feel about the execution. The physical violence fits the characters & situation, but I feel it's still questionable if it needs to be there, or adds anything to the story.
The Pamela Dean story proves to me what I felt from reading one previous novel: she writes encompassing worlds that, in the end, are generally unsatisfying and don't leave enough to really bite into.
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