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macthekat's review
4.0
"The Effluent Engine" by N. K. Jemisin
As always Jemisin's characters tackle privilege had on. It's refreshing. Now I want to know more of Haiti history and of the revolution.
Merged review:
I really liked how mysterious the protagonist is about herself. The play between the unnamed protagonist and Brilliant was wonderful and so was the slow way we got a hint of what she was running from.
As always Jemisin's characters tackle privilege had on. It's refreshing. Now I want to know more of Haiti history and of the revolution.
Merged review:
I really liked how mysterious the protagonist is about herself. The play between the unnamed protagonist and Brilliant was wonderful and so was the slow way we got a hint of what she was running from.
mayhap's review
3.0
[a:N. K. Jemisin|5331203|N. K. Jemisin|http://www.goodreads.com/assets/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]'s story "The Effluent Engines" is everything this collection says it wants to be: lesbian and steampunk and a pushback against the Victorian kyriarchy and a really good story. It was also posted on the author's website as part of A Story for Haiti and is well worth reading.
None of the other stories in this collection really stood out to me. (Well, "Copper for Trickster" drove me up the wall because Mikki Kendall does not understand how trickster figures work; does that count?) But then, I'm not a natural reader of short stories, so we'll call it a wash.
None of the other stories in this collection really stood out to me. (Well, "Copper for Trickster" drove me up the wall because Mikki Kendall does not understand how trickster figures work; does that count?) But then, I'm not a natural reader of short stories, so we'll call it a wash.
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