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Terminal Boredom: Stories
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1.71 "that title was blatant foreshadowing" stars !!!!
Thank you to Netgalley, Verso books, the author and the translators for an ecopy. This selection of stories was released in English in April 2021.
Ms. Suzuki was an actress, model and writer who took her own life in 1986.
This is a book where I can abstractly understand people awarding it four or five stars. I can see sci fi literati, feminist scholars and completists analyzing and gobbling this up. I would classify this as psychological sci-fi and I was able to appreciate some of it.
There were 7 stories in this collection and two of them were a very good 3.5 stars. The rest were 2 stars or below for me. Overall, I found this repetitive and tiresome despite some very original ideas.
I will list the story, my rating and a word or two.
Women and women (3.5 stars) A very thought provoking tale taking place in a lesbian utopia (or dystopia)...this easily could have been expanded into novella form....the writing was adequate but not exceptional
You may dream (half a star) I don't think I have ever been more irritated by a short story...I know many people will find this brilliant but I experienced the story as contrived, repetitive and incongruous
Night Picnic (1.5 stars) so bloody tedious....were they humans or aliens...in the end I could not have cared less
That Old Seaside Club (3.5 stars) a new psychiatric treatment for anomie and addiction....inconsistent lazy writing but fascinating nonetheless !!
Smoke gets in your eyes (2 stars) an interplanetary soap opera ....long winded and dull
Terminal Boredom (1 star) the title says it all !!
Overall not a great experience but I really liked two of the stories (but not so much the prose)
Thank you to Netgalley, Verso books, the author and the translators for an ecopy. This selection of stories was released in English in April 2021.
Ms. Suzuki was an actress, model and writer who took her own life in 1986.
This is a book where I can abstractly understand people awarding it four or five stars. I can see sci fi literati, feminist scholars and completists analyzing and gobbling this up. I would classify this as psychological sci-fi and I was able to appreciate some of it.
There were 7 stories in this collection and two of them were a very good 3.5 stars. The rest were 2 stars or below for me. Overall, I found this repetitive and tiresome despite some very original ideas.
I will list the story, my rating and a word or two.
Women and women (3.5 stars) A very thought provoking tale taking place in a lesbian utopia (or dystopia)...this easily could have been expanded into novella form....the writing was adequate but not exceptional
You may dream (half a star) I don't think I have ever been more irritated by a short story...I know many people will find this brilliant but I experienced the story as contrived, repetitive and incongruous
Night Picnic (1.5 stars) so bloody tedious....were they humans or aliens...in the end I could not have cared less
That Old Seaside Club (3.5 stars) a new psychiatric treatment for anomie and addiction....inconsistent lazy writing but fascinating nonetheless !!
Smoke gets in your eyes (2 stars) an interplanetary soap opera ....long winded and dull
Terminal Boredom (1 star) the title says it all !!
Overall not a great experience but I really liked two of the stories (but not so much the prose)
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Reading Progress
October 19, 2020
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October 19, 2020
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April 27, 2021
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May 19, 2021 05:06AM
Too bad the collection lived up to the title for you, Jaidee. Loved that you chose the words "blatant foreshadowing" to illustrate.
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Zoeytron wrote: "Too bad the collection lived up to the title for you, Jaidee. Loved that you chose the words "blatant foreshadowing" to illustrate."Thanx ZT....this was a slog for me but at least there were two very good stories (out of 7)🐙
So, an apt title! Ha. Sorry this was mostly a miss Jaidee!
Thanx so much Jan. Apt title yes☺
I don’t think I will be reading this, Jaidee.......wonderfully helpful review.....hope you love your next book more, dear friend! ♥️
No not this one! Thanks for the heads up, Jaidee !
Angela M wrote: "No not this one! Thanks for the heads up, Jaidee !"Yup this one lol 😸
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Oh nooo haha. Ratings for this one have been allllll over the place on my friends list. Bummer this one didn't work for you, and it sounds like this likely won't work for me either. Great review though!
s.penkevich wrote: "Oh nooo haha. Ratings for this one have been allllll over the place on my friends list. Bummer this one didn't work for you, and it sounds like this likely won't work for me either. Great review th..."I (amateurly) predict that you will like this a lot more than I ! Britney (tells me) rather than Zoran that this will be 3.5-4 stars for you 🤩
Thanx for dropping by !
I gotta give 'em credit for titling something this way, knowing the temptations and the risks. It's almost like titling it, "this book sucks," now take your best shot. lol. But, as long as the review is backed up with reasons expounded at some decent length, I can feel like it isn't just a cheap shot by the reviewer. Thanks again for reading something I likely won't read.
Evan wrote: "I gotta give 'em credit for titling something this way, knowing the temptations and the risks. It's almost like titling it, "this book sucks," now take your best shot. lol. But, as long as the revi..."I believe I am an outlier here Evan....many others really liked even loved this !
Elyse wrote: "Sorry Jaidee!"Not your fault darling !! Two very good stories here for me that I really enjoyed 🎈
Jaidee wrote: "..."Yeah, if I come across I clearance copy I'd be tempted to buy it and give it a go.
Evan wrote: "Jaidee wrote: "..."Yeah, if I come across I clearance copy I'd be tempted to buy it and give it a go."
Do It ! The cover is cool 🍹
