Status Updates From Monstrous Affections: An An...

Yesss! Finally finished this beast of an anthology. A few of the stories ended up being 5-star reads, while others weren't my vibe.

Will rate each story on its own as well as give them their own review. I will probably rate the full book based on the average of all the individual ratings.

RTC

Surprise graphic novel chapter yayyy

Just finished 'Kitty capulet and the invention of underwater photography' and holy shit it was so goooooooddddd. I'm glad another story in this anthology ended up being a 5⭐ read for me.

Great commentary on colonialism, stolen land and the desecration of that stolen land.

Didn't fully get it but I did enjoy the Mercurials story!

Wings in the morning was soooooooo good 👏 highly recommend it

Gonna start 'wings in the morning' which seems to be a super popular one!

Excited

Patrick Ness's story was fun but I expected more.

I'm still waiting for a story to hit as much as the kraken one which in my opinion was amazing.

I haven't been as invested in the last few stories but the next one is by Patrick Ness which excites me!

I didn't really enjoy 'Quick hill'.

I hope the next story in this anthology will interest me more.

I like having these little bites of short introspective stories I can snack on throughout the day.

Just finished the first story Moriabe's Children and I loved it! Will probably check out what other things Paolo Bacigalupi has worked on.