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A review by ketreads
Skin Folk by Nalo Hopkinson
adventurous
hopeful
lighthearted
3.75
Another choice for this years Storygraph Reads the World challenge. This pick is for the country of Jamaica.
I manged to snag the audiobook version of this from libby and found it fantastic. Each story is it's own unique but, surprisingly, realised world. I definitely found myself liking some more than others, but the over arching themes of culture, self love, and community were some of my favourite aspects. This author has a clear passion and skill when it comes to adding fantastical or sci-fi elements to her short stories. Each one managed to surprise or impress (or often both) me!
My only minor gripe (or rather personal taste) is that I didn't enjoy more sexual leaning-stories. Especially as the book ends on quite a long and particularly graphic one. But, again, this is just a personal preference and not a comment on the authors skill regarding it.
Overall a lovely collection of short stories that I mostly loved!
I manged to snag the audiobook version of this from libby and found it fantastic. Each story is it's own unique but, surprisingly, realised world. I definitely found myself liking some more than others, but the over arching themes of culture, self love, and community were some of my favourite aspects. This author has a clear passion and skill when it comes to adding fantastical or sci-fi elements to her short stories. Each one managed to surprise or impress (or often both) me!
My only minor gripe (or rather personal taste) is that I didn't enjoy more sexual leaning-stories. Especially as the book ends on quite a long and particularly graphic one. But, again, this is just a personal preference and not a comment on the authors skill regarding it.
Overall a lovely collection of short stories that I mostly loved!