People tend to say that they just don't like short stories as a format. I think that it's not so much about the format but that most short stories just aren't very good. I've read quite a lot of short stories and most of them I didn't love. However, there have been some that I thoroughly enjoyed. This collection unfortunately didn't contain many good ones. To be frank, I didn't read all of them. Once I had read the first few short stories and didn't connect to them at all, I decided to only read the ones other goodreaders recommended. All in all, I think I must've read about 80 percent, though. Out of those, I only liked
- Valedictorian
- The Evaluators (my favourite)
- Cuisine de Mémoires
- Too Many Yesterdays, Not Enough Tomorrows.
Moreover, I expected "How Long 'til Black Future Month" to be mainly science fiction but found it to be more on the fantasy side.

If you want to get to know N.K. Jemisin's writing, I would recommend "Emergency Skin" instead. It's way better than the short stories that are featured in this book.