Falling in Love with Hominids
Ratings9
Average rating3.4
Falling in Love with Hominids, a collection of eighteen short stories by award-winning author Nalo Hopkinson, contains some wonderful, imaginative fiction. There were a couple of (really short) stories that didn't work for me at all, but other than that, there was something compelling about the rest even if I didn't love a story. My very favorites were the creepiest two, “Blushing” and “The Easthound,” and one of the more lighthearted selections, “Emily Breakfast” (about a search for a missing fire-breathing chicken!).
3 1/2 stars - liked it (and loved some stories!)
Full Review: http://www.fantasybookcafe.com/2016/02/review-of-falling-in-love-with-hominids-by-nalo-hopkinson/
The second half of the collection wasn't as good as the first but overall, this was a very good collection.
Emily Breakfast totally stole my heart. :)
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I. LOVED. THIS. COLLECTION. Though I read and watch mostly fantasy and some sci-fi, this collection reminded me of what I love the most about the genres: the imagination, the immersion in worlds I could never fathom existing, the awe at a writer's creativity. I hungered for these short stories and I didn't even know I had been missing this kind of SFF for so long. I just had so much fun with all of them, even the thematically powerful ones that hit my heart. The writing, the worlds, the storytelling, the mini-plots, the characterization, the dialogue - all A+++. It's crazy it took me so long to finally read works by the multiple award winning author Nalo Hopkinson, but I am definitely hyped up to add the Midnight Robber and Skin Folk to my TBR.