Status Updates From Apocalypse Chronicles

2nd: The Library is great, I love the concept, the MC, how he's called a librarian, that spiders are horrible monsters who need to die, how the entire world is given to you in just a few pages. Overall, a great story, and it made me MUCH more enthusiastic for the rest of this book!

Changed my mind, that first story was pretentiously preachy. I think the author tried too hard and couldn't keep themselves from mixing tons of (awkward, bad) metaphors with meager thoughts and actions, until it was just one big pile that felt like it lost its direction halfway through (which is impressive for a 11pg story), and I really disliked it. It WAS one long whimper, so, maybe that was Dawson's goal.

Also, keeping track of my impressions from each story here to help with the review when I'm done, though I wonder if there's a better way? Or if I'm being too harsh? Maybe by review time, I'll find a nicer way to say these things.

First story down. Concept was cool, the writing was okay, but the dialogue made me stop multiple times, and roll my eyes when, yes, they really did just say 'it's as if my dreams are the closed bud of a rose, and the truth is merely the opening of the flower...' No one talks like that. And if they do, they deserve all the eyerolls. The writing felt pretentious to me, and trying hard to make the chars like geniuses.