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A review by rgyger
Steampunk! an Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories by
DNF
I only listened to three stories in this. The first was really short, but the character was just enough off her rocker to be engaging. And the second story started off well. However, by the end of the second story, I was bored by a character whose motivations were undefined and climax that left me confused by what actually happened. I skipped over the third story after about five minutes (I was listening on audiobook), and I didn't finish the fourth story either. That story had a repetitive writing style, but was actually fun up to the point when the world building started to contradict itself.
While I know that there are a lot more stories in this, and that any of them could be really amazing, I didn't feel like listening for another ten or so hours to find out. As for the narrators, I liked that they had different readers for each story. And I actually really liked a few couple of the readers I heard. I just wish the narratives were as engaging.
I only listened to three stories in this. The first was really short, but the character was just enough off her rocker to be engaging. And the second story started off well. However, by the end of the second story, I was bored by a character whose motivations were undefined and climax that left me confused by what actually happened. I skipped over the third story after about five minutes (I was listening on audiobook), and I didn't finish the fourth story either. That story had a repetitive writing style, but was actually fun up to the point when the world building started to contradict itself.
While I know that there are a lot more stories in this, and that any of them could be really amazing, I didn't feel like listening for another ten or so hours to find out. As for the narrators, I liked that they had different readers for each story. And I actually really liked a few couple of the readers I heard. I just wish the narratives were as engaging.