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Fat Girl In A Strange Land (2012)

by Kay T. Holt(Favorite Author)

3.59 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0615569714 (ISBN13: 9780615569710)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Crossed Genres Publications

review 1: I think I can echo a lot of the previous reviews in that some of these stories were not as fat-positive as I might have liked, and a few were actively fat-shaming. I had hoped to read a book about big girls having adventures where their bigness, while a part of who they were, was not what their stories or their self-images revolved around. Some of the stories gave that to me, some didn't *quite* make it, and a few missed the mark entirely and plunged straight into fat-hating. (The Tradeoff being the worst offender of the latter; it was also my least favorite story because I'm not a fan of stories where guys who won't take no for an answer get the girl they've been sexually harassing. That was seriously skeevy.)The stories I enjoyed the most were La Gorda and the City of Si... morelver, Tangwystl the Unwanted, How Do You Want to Die?, and Nemesis. I *loved* the premises of Blueprints and Marilee and the S.O.B., but I think they would have worked better as slightly longer stories, if not full novels. (If they were full novels I would buy them in a heartbeat!)The writing on all of the stories was pretty strong; the execution of the premises were what could be hit-or-miss. The Tradeoff was the only one I actively disliked (the rest fall into "love," "like," or "meh" categories), and even then I can admire the author's writing ability, if not her choice to perpetuate harmful social constructs.Overall, a very enjoyable read, and I'm really glad I picked it up!
review 2: My story is in this anthology, so I can hardly be impartial, but I think it's a pretty strong collection of stories. AJ Fitzwater and Brian Jungwiwattananporn deliver stylistically ambitious pieces; Rick Silva and Jennifer Brozek offer up what seem tantalizing segments of longer stories; Barbara Krasnoff's is a quintessential urban fantasy, Katharine Elmer's is a quintessential fairy tale and yet both are fresh and uniquely memorable. Teffeau, Roseman, Ferrante, Caro and Alberti all do Sci Fi with imagination and assurance. Caro's was the story that resonated the most with me -- the world created is very complete and emotionally complex and I love its bittersweet wisdom. Dickinson's piece is dark and textured and stays with you long after you're done reading it. In some ways Prestin's story is closest to mine in spirit, given that they're both about "superheroes," but Prestin's is a much cheekier and more sophisticated superhero -- which makes her fun to read. less

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