by Veronica Schanoes
Hmm, well i liked this book ok. It cleverly weaves history and a fairy tale retelling. The problem i had was that it seemed a little emotionless. Like when someone dies...which happens a lot...she just states it matter of factly then moves on. Or when she aborts a young girls bady (although she says...
If she hasn't read it already, when she reads this, Jane Yolen will like this. Taking an anti-Sematic fairy tale and switching up, not only ensures Schanoes chops but so does setting it in Bialystok. Wonderful.
bookshelves: shortstory-shortstories-novellas, published-2013, e-book, spring-2014, anti-semitic, boo-scary, conflagration, disaster, doo-lally, eye-scorcher, families, fantasy, gangsters, jewish, lifestyles-deathstyles, mythology, newtome-author, ouch, tragedy, women Recommended to ☯Bettie☯ by: ...
I came across this novel almost by accident. Not the ones that involve tripping or any other misfortune, instead I prefer to point my finger at Fate. In what I guess are 31 pages, the author weaves _ and in this I'm afraid I'll have to resort to the same old tropes _ a heartbreaking story with roo...
My Nebula Novella Nominees reading continues. Burning Girls by Veronica Schanoes was a 4.8-star experience for me, and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it. http://tinyurl.com/mwp889k There is some wonderful writing going on in the SF/F genre these days, and I couldn't be more excited by discover...
I'm typing sentences, deleting them, and attempting to write more. I don't know what to really say except that Burning Girls left me speechless. I started reading the story without reading any reviews or the words italicized at the start. It was on Tor.Com - what else did I need to know?What I found...
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