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realthog ([personal profile] realthog) wrote2008-10-14 08:23 pm

another yummy review for Clockwork Phoenix


It''s here, and the important bits are these:

My absolute favorites of the book are Grant's, Brennan's, Singh's, and Hoffman's

and

"All the Little Gods We Are"
by
John Grant


Now this was a lovely little piece. Not only did it appeal to my fascination with parallel worlds and realities, but it also appealed to my sense of soulmates and what it means to have a soulmate and what it means to have lost one. I should've known there was something up while we got the tale of Jusjohn and how while they were permanent fixtures in each other's lives, they never slept together, never made love. I never saw the rather Fight Club-esque twist coming, which made me love it all the more. Lovely little piece, full of sadness and hope. Sadness for the narrator in the here and now, and hope perhaps in the idea that for all the choices we've made and regret, perhaps, somehow in another reality, we made the right one all along.

Not that, you understand, I'm vain or anything.
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[identity profile] al-zorra.livejournal.com 2008-10-15 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
Vanity schmanity, this makes me want to read the story.

Love, C.

[identity profile] jmward14.livejournal.com 2008-10-15 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
Great review! Can't wait to read the story now. Hugs and confetti, Jean Marie

[identity profile] ogre-san.livejournal.com 2008-10-15 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
We like good reviews.

[identity profile] camies.livejournal.com 2008-10-15 08:34 am (UTC)(link)
Now I want to read this, and submit a story for the next one (closing date mid-Nov).

[identity profile] sarcobatus.livejournal.com 2008-10-15 04:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Very nice! And I mean this sincerely, even though you called me a sarcastic swine yesterday. *sniffle*