Sunil's Reviews > Wakulla Springs

Wakulla Springs has much going for it. A multigenerational tale with protagonists of color. A strong sense of place. A nostalgic look at retro filmmaking. Historically accurate portrayals of racism. Clean yet occasionally lush prose. But as much as I could appreciate certain elements of it, I never fully got into it, largely because it's bafflingly light on any sort of SFF element, given its Nebula and Hugo nominations. It's closer to magical realism than sci-fi or fantasy, and so I kept waiting for something fantastical to occur. Yes, the human stories are good, but they also feel incomplete. They don't really have plots and then they end.