Bleached Reminders: A Gothic Anthology About Bones, Magic, and Grief by Effie Joe Stock
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Distinctive.
It was refreshing to read a book like this, and I am glad that Effie Joe Stock chose not to overdo it in terms of word count. I chose to read this because it had good ratings and reviews, and because I wanted to read something different. I was happy to see that it was edited, and the text was easy to read. I did enjoy the poetry and I thought that was a clever addition to this work.
I decided not to issue this book a five-star rating because in my opinion, the prose is not amazing. For me, a five-star book is amazing, a four-star rating means I really liked it, and a three-star rating means it was OK. For an anthology, I think that the book is too short in terms of word count. In most cases, an anthology is a group of works from different writers combined into one book, so I thought it was strange that the author chose to title this an anthology. In my opinion, the book cover is lackluster, and hurts the marketability of this book. To be clear, this fiction would have benefited from including more short stories and/or poetry.
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
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Bleached Reminders by Effie Joe Stock
