kab reviewed The Book of Witches by Jonathan Strahan
The Book of Witches
3 stars
"What Is a Witch?" Jonathan Strahan ★½ "Seed of Power" Linda D. Addison ★★ "What I Remember of Oresha Moon Dragon Devshrata" P. Djèlí Clark ★★★½ "The Luck Thief" Tade Thompson ★★★½ "Good Spells" Ken Liu ★★★ "The Liar" Darcie Little Badger ★★★★★ "Met Swallow" Cassandra Khaw ★½ "The Nine Jars of Nukulu" Tobi Ogundiran ★★★ "In a Cabin, In a Wood" Kelly Robson ★★½ "What Dreams May Come" C. L. Clark ★★★★ "She Who Makes the Rain" Millie Ho ★★ "Orphanage of the Last Breath" Saad Z. Hossain ★★★ "The Unexpected Excursion of the Murder Mystery Writing Witches" Garth Nix ★★★ "So Spake the Mirrorwitch" Premee Mohamed ★★★ "Just a Nudge" Maureen McHugh ★★★ This read as extra white "Her Ravenous Waters" Andrea Stewart ★★★ "Nameless Here for Evermore" Fonda Lee ★★★¼
Kind of disappointed the intro and stories were about magic and often included stereotypes. None were about …
"What Is a Witch?" Jonathan Strahan ★½ "Seed of Power" Linda D. Addison ★★ "What I Remember of Oresha Moon Dragon Devshrata" P. Djèlí Clark ★★★½ "The Luck Thief" Tade Thompson ★★★½ "Good Spells" Ken Liu ★★★ "The Liar" Darcie Little Badger ★★★★★ "Met Swallow" Cassandra Khaw ★½ "The Nine Jars of Nukulu" Tobi Ogundiran ★★★ "In a Cabin, In a Wood" Kelly Robson ★★½ "What Dreams May Come" C. L. Clark ★★★★ "She Who Makes the Rain" Millie Ho ★★ "Orphanage of the Last Breath" Saad Z. Hossain ★★★ "The Unexpected Excursion of the Murder Mystery Writing Witches" Garth Nix ★★★ "So Spake the Mirrorwitch" Premee Mohamed ★★★ "Just a Nudge" Maureen McHugh ★★★ This read as extra white "Her Ravenous Waters" Andrea Stewart ★★★ "Nameless Here for Evermore" Fonda Lee ★★★¼
Kind of disappointed the intro and stories were about magic and often included stereotypes. None were about the dishonesty of myth creation in the persecuting control and punishment of women.