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Not for me.

The Wilderwomen by Ruth Emmie Lang

September 11, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

This one keeps souring in my mind the longer I’m away from it. The problem here is that I do not find stories about flighty people escaping from their responsibilities and the people counting on them–whether or not it was “their fault”–inherently interesting. In fact, I kind of hate them. Maybe other people get more kicks out of exploring their shitty unconnected left behind relationships with parental figures, but I find the whole thing unpleasant and not rewarding in any way. The one thing I […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: fabulism, Fiction, ruth emmie lang, speculative, The Wilderwomen

narfna's CBR15 Review No:80 · Genres: Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: fabulism, Fiction, ruth emmie lang, speculative, The Wilderwomen ·
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