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3.5
This short story reminded me of the novel 1984 with a dash of The Hunger Games. A young man sees a woman on a crowded city street whose face gives him déjà vu and gives him a memory that tickles his thoughts without him being able to fully realize it. He searches her out at the city palace and finds out his connection to her plus how the corrupt regime has been able to send so many young soldiers to war. This fantasy tale was solid, with some parallels to real-world kidnapings by authoritarian g...
I listened to this on the Levar Burton Reads podcast. It is always amazing to me how well these short story authors can develop a story and characters in so short a time. This story was about an alternate universe Russia where the children of royals were adopted children. A brother florist recognizes his sister, who is now a countess (or something like that).
The story was read on one of LeVar Burton‘s podcasts. I wish there had been more to the story because these pages were fascinating.
I like the idea of the story, but I think it lacked the element of horror that I felt it should have had. It seemed almost approving of the premise, which I disliked.
Review of 'In the City of Martyrs' by Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam2 starsI listened to this on the LeVar Burton Reads podcast. I'm writing this review a few days after I listened to it, and I had to read others reviews to remind myself what it was even about. The story seems interesting enough, and I didn't hate it, but it obviously did not stick with me. I was a little frustrated about the main character taking so long to realize who the strange woman was. It was obvious she was related to him, but th...
