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A review by eyan_birt
The Lives of Dax by Marco Palmieri
3.0
Jadzia Dax is one of my favorite fandom characters of all time, and her death in the Season 6 finale of Deep Space 9 (which I watched for the first time two days ago) has devastated me worse than nearly any other media death (I think the end of Peter Capaldi's run with Doctor Who is up there). So of course I seized the chance to read this collection of short stories, one from each of the lives of the Trill symbiont Dax.
Because each chapter was written independently, there are highs and lows. Some chapters I skimmed or skipped pages, but Audrina's chapter captivated me through the entire letter. It's also clear this novel was complied in the '90's, because some of the terms and phrases, and some of the ways we as a culture discuss gender/bodies/etc. has changed a lot in the past 20+ years. Overall enjoyable, but dated.
Because each chapter was written independently, there are highs and lows. Some chapters I skimmed or skipped pages, but Audrina's chapter captivated me through the entire letter. It's also clear this novel was complied in the '90's, because some of the terms and phrases, and some of the ways we as a culture discuss gender/bodies/etc. has changed a lot in the past 20+ years. Overall enjoyable, but dated.