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A review by jugglingpup
Recognize Fascism: A Science Fiction and Fantasy Anthology by Julie Capell, Octavia Cade, Lucie Lukačovičová, Jennifer Shelby, Leonardo Espinoza Benavides, Rodrigo Juri, Crystal M. Huff, Hal Y. Zhang, Jaymee Goh, Blake Jessop, Selene dePackh, Alexei Collier, Lauren Ring, Dianne M. Williams, Kiya Nicoll, Laura Jane Swanson, Meridel Newton, Phoebe Barton, Sam J. Miller, Justin Short, Nina Niskanen, Brandon O'Brien, Jonathan Shipley, Luna Corbden
4.0
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I got an ARC of this book.
This was one of the books that I wanted, because of the cover and the title. I am really not a fan of fantasy or anthologies, so I might not have been the best audience for this.
I really did enjoy the book! Most of the stories were captivating and wonderful reads. I loved how the bios were directly after the stories so I could follow up on authors right away, instead of hoping to remember at the end. It also gave me more information that helped shape how things will be remembered (like that a lot of these stories are by queer people and would work for so many of the reading prompts in the reading challenge).
Some of the stories were just wonderful and I can’t rave enough about them. The chicken one. Just imagine measuring time in chickens. This is the sort of over the top nonsense that I needed, but it was also dark and wonderful. It was the perfect combination for me.
There were so many queer characters that my heart was full of happiness. It wasn’t just sadness for the queer characters, though oppression of queer people seems to go hand in hand with fascism. There were some really cute moments, like growing while holding hands or a first haircut. Things that mean so much to me and made the story have that glimmer of hope and love for a moment that helped the really dark be a bit more bearable.
Some of them were just misses for me, but that comes down to me just really, really hating magic. The words were wonderful, I liked the stories until the magic appeared. So I know this is on me.
Overall, this was more hits than misses. The stories were all relatively short and felt complete. Pretty great anthology.
I got an ARC of this book.
This was one of the books that I wanted, because of the cover and the title. I am really not a fan of fantasy or anthologies, so I might not have been the best audience for this.
I really did enjoy the book! Most of the stories were captivating and wonderful reads. I loved how the bios were directly after the stories so I could follow up on authors right away, instead of hoping to remember at the end. It also gave me more information that helped shape how things will be remembered (like that a lot of these stories are by queer people and would work for so many of the reading prompts in the reading challenge).
Some of the stories were just wonderful and I can’t rave enough about them. The chicken one. Just imagine measuring time in chickens. This is the sort of over the top nonsense that I needed, but it was also dark and wonderful. It was the perfect combination for me.
There were so many queer characters that my heart was full of happiness. It wasn’t just sadness for the queer characters, though oppression of queer people seems to go hand in hand with fascism. There were some really cute moments, like growing while holding hands or a first haircut. Things that mean so much to me and made the story have that glimmer of hope and love for a moment that helped the really dark be a bit more bearable.
Some of them were just misses for me, but that comes down to me just really, really hating magic. The words were wonderful, I liked the stories until the magic appeared. So I know this is on me.
Overall, this was more hits than misses. The stories were all relatively short and felt complete. Pretty great anthology.