coldwave rated Shriek: An Afterword: 4 stars

Shriek: An Afterword by Jeff VanderMeer
An epic yet personal look at several decades of life, love, and death in the imaginary city of Ambergris--previously chronicled …
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An epic yet personal look at several decades of life, love, and death in the imaginary city of Ambergris--previously chronicled …
Feel-good sci-fi for the 21st century. A refreshing change of pace.
My complaint is it's oddly short and compact. It feels like about seven of those in-depth character-exploring Star Trek DS9 episodes squeezed into one tiny novel, with not enough space to really develop.
Category: donated because it's good but not so good I need to keep it forever, and other people probably really need this in their lives.
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