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A review by exorcismofemilyreed
Garden of Eldritch Delights by Lucy A. Snyder
3.0
"Madness and misery always affect the flesh."
Garden of Eldritch Delights is a collection of 12 stories by Lucy A. Snyder, and this was my introduction to her work. I was a little bit concerned about this one going in because I'm not a huge Lovecraft person, but it's still easy to grasp what's going on. I was happy about that.
This was a bit of an uneven collection. It starts off really well, and I was so excited to dig into the rest. I feel like it got a little shaky after the first third of the book, and then never really recovered.
Garden of Eldritch Delights has a strange attitude toward disabled people, and it really threw me off. This book had attempts at diversity, but they didn't seem to be fleshed out very well. There was also a story about slavery that took some weird turns.
My top three stories in this collection were That Which Does Not Kill You, Sunset on Mott Island, and Executive Functions. I had so much fun reading all of these, and I wish that the rest of the collection would have reflected the style of these ones a bit more.
Thank you to Erin Sweet Al-Mehairi & Raw Dog Screaming Press for sending me a copy to review!
Garden of Eldritch Delights is a collection of 12 stories by Lucy A. Snyder, and this was my introduction to her work. I was a little bit concerned about this one going in because I'm not a huge Lovecraft person, but it's still easy to grasp what's going on. I was happy about that.
This was a bit of an uneven collection. It starts off really well, and I was so excited to dig into the rest. I feel like it got a little shaky after the first third of the book, and then never really recovered.
Garden of Eldritch Delights has a strange attitude toward disabled people, and it really threw me off. This book had attempts at diversity, but they didn't seem to be fleshed out very well. There was also a story about slavery that took some weird turns.
My top three stories in this collection were That Which Does Not Kill You, Sunset on Mott Island, and Executive Functions. I had so much fun reading all of these, and I wish that the rest of the collection would have reflected the style of these ones a bit more.
Thank you to Erin Sweet Al-Mehairi & Raw Dog Screaming Press for sending me a copy to review!