I have to admit that I was a little disappointed with George R. Martin's novella at the end of the book - it read too much like a history book for me to really get into it and too many characters to be able to follow well.
Overall I did enjoy it, though, and would recommend it to others looking for a variety of quick reads. Download links for: Dangerous Women Advertising. Online stores:. Copy in the library:. I enjoyed most of the stories, but stories are not really my thing, and none were standouts. Other books by Historical Fiction. All the Gold in China. Stella by Starlight.
Unwanted Ghost. The prose was an unfortunate shade of purple. The plot twist was silly. Except for the leg-shaving bit. That came across as trying a bit too hard. Bit more telling than showing than is to my taste. And hearing the phrase 'soul gaze' spoken out loud just pointed out how silly it is. Night witches! I love female pilots! The writing is concise and easy to follow, but full of effective details that really conveyed the feeling of a fire fight.
The plot was just heartbreaking. And a lovely relationship between siblings is the focus, rather than a romantic one. Such a nice change! This was an excellent portrayal of female non-competitive friendship.
So good. One of the highlights of the anthology. Narrator had a distinctive, lovely voice. Excellent description. Oh, and the kid's mom, who's defined by her job and her boyfriend. Not a very sympathetic character. So, good story, but not really about a dangerous woman. It's really about the relationship between the kid and the old dude. The 'dangerous woman' who shows up at the end has no agency. She simply goes with whoever wins the match.
She never even spoke. Sarah has problems with her brother and pressure from her son, but then some otherworldly, creepy hooligans intrude into her life. A simply adorable story. Narrator has wonderful different voices for each character.
This was a man's man kind of a story, I guess. I had to skip this after he started fantasizing about beating the woman he was with. He had so much hate for women. I felt a little sick just listening. Narrator has great, gritty voice. Silence was amazing, and the world had just enough detail for you to believe and fill in the rest of the blanks. Her background as a bounty hunter was inventive, and I loved seeing the people people who crossed her get their eventual comeuppance.
Narrator had just enough weariness in her voice to be pleasing and appropriate to the story. Oh look, she's convinced 'God would bless her with a boy'. Just ok, despite being about a real life powerful ruler. Their talk is real, and the details are well delineated.
Think Harry Potter but darker and meaner. Adorable short story. Just lovely. She hit the perfect tone, and I would definitely listen to her narration again. The women are essentially kept for breeding in a post-apocalyptic setting, but during a young girl's 'budding' ceremony, one woman voices her desire to be more.
The narrator is the nurse, in charge of the health of the other women. Women have dressed codes to avoid tempting men, but are somewhat in charge of deciding who they have sex with.
The group finds a TV and get it to work. They watch a ballet. Now one of the beta males wants to learn how to dance to entertain the pack. They find a moment of beauty, but lose it just as quickly. The narrator has an understated style that worked really well for this. Male narrator. It seemed to be a bunch of men in kilts discussing women and their dicks, with nary a women in sight.
Just a lot of talk about them. However the narrator had a Scottish accent, so I may have to go back sometime and give this another try. No thanks. At first I was interested, as there was a main character traveling with a baby and some practical discussion of how life with children after the apocalypse works. There were disabled characters, and the women seemed to have some autonomy in the society. However, the story then turned into a rape trial. The victim recounts escalating abuse from one man, and how the other women blamed her for his actions.
Then she describes his violent sexual assault of her, and I turned it off. I had no motivation to finish this story. The narrator was very pleasant, and her deadpan accounting of the assault was chilling. I felt for the girl, as both her parents seemed pretty awful.
The choice of an older female narrator was particularly nice in this context, and she did a fantastic job. These two sisters live together and while one is obsessed with Red Dawn Go Wolverines! There was a lot of realistic characterization driving the story, and rising tension as you begin to wonder exactly how much the sister likes serial killers.
Narrator did a fantastic job, fading back to let the story stand on its strengths. Parades and zombies and consumerism. Mothers and daughters and self-esteem. Fat and bubbles as defense. The villain was such a dick, and such a stereotype of gamer dudes. Overall amazing! Fantastic narrator. Not much, it turns out. Sooooo - everyone in Westeros has always been terrible and power-hungry? OK then. First Night rites? Ahhhh I am so bored. Never has anything with dragons in it bored me as much as this has.
Good narrator, though. There is also music between each story and a really terrible narrator for each author's bio. Severely disappointing! I will not be looking into other anthologies in this series.
I skipped several stories because after half an hour, I still wasn't interested; and several other stories I finished only to ask myself, "Why did I waste my time on that?? If this anthology had some different name, it would have been a lot less disappointing. Apparently being attractive to men makes a woman dangerous? Because quite a few of these stories were told by male characters, and all secondary characters besides the love interest were other men.
Never quite got what made those women "dangerous," apart from how those men internalized relating to them. Could have been a good story, but instead was a dry history that held very little emotional content. My mind wandered frequently, and I'm still not entirely sure why I actually finished it. If you're interested, go for it, but skip freely! But don't skip Sanderson's; it is by far the best! There wasn't enough description on the stories anywhere so here is short descriptions and my opinion.
Would have to say as a whole it was good. Awesome read to sample authors and see if you like them. Joe Abercrombie — "Some Desperado" Western about a women thief who is trying to escape from bounty hunters in a ghost town.
Good writer. Flowed well. Story got your attention and was a fun read. One of the few stories that the women is a strong lead. Westerns don't do much for me but this was still a good read. The flow wasn't there and the whole time I am wondering when the story starts and what is going on. Very well done. Wanted to know more when it was over but very satisfied with the ending. Through out the story you are reading events from a child's point of view.
Her parents are fighting and she loves them both and is somewhat caught between. This proves not all good fights are with swords or guns. Odd and interesting. It seems to be missing something and left many questions unanswered. Would like to know what happens next. This is a short story about my favorite female character from one of my favorite authors in my favorite series. So the expectations where too high.
It was a good story but I have learned Jim Butcher can not do anything other than male characters as his main. If my expectations were not sky high, it probably would have been great. This story was amazing.
The writing was spot on. The main character had the personality you wanted to root for. It had action, excitement, mystery and everything that I would ever want in a short story. Will look for her other books. Boxer practices to fight old rival over a woman.
I am not sure how this story fits into the theme. Many of the others only slightly does but this one only talks about a women in the last part and she only has one line at most. That aside, it was good. Not great. The narrator was a young and somewhat innocent boy that didn't fit well into a rough neighborhood.
It is hard to describe this with out giving anything away. This was a cool story in many ways. It wasn't the average story of ideal person of ideal age in ideal situation. It was an older women with dementia fighting with her family and trying to keep it together.
The hint of supernatural makes it just plain awesome. Will look for more from this author. She tries to talk him into killing her husband but he kills her instead. Bad story, bad characters, did not fit theme, was boring. This story makes me wonder if they needed more stories so people feel like they are getting more bang for their buck. The writing flowed and that is about it. Surrounded by deadly forest that has shades that kills. Another really cool story. You get sucked into the world of the Forest of Hell and get bummed when it ends.
The characters, setting, and plot are all great and well written. Don't want to say anything else and give something away. I will look for more from him. Women inherits Sicily after nephew dies. This was well done and through out the story just like "Nora's Song" you enjoy it so much it is easy to forget it is based on facts. Well written and a great read. Yes, it did remind me of Harry Potter. In this case, it wasn't a bad thing.
The whole story was cute and made me want to know more. Will look for more from Lev. After reading this one I was hooked. You can't put it down because you have to know what happens next. It has all you want from a story and then some. Will search out more of Nancy's books. Cop falls for stripper. This was a cool mystery. This one is hard to describe with out giving anything away.
It seemed a little slow but was mostly good. Scotland Highlander gets into mischief. So far I have read the first two books of the Outlander books and love them so this gem was a pleasant surprise. This was no different. Group of friends go to the woods to record a Native American ghost story.
Girl has physic connection with ghost. Almost too "Blair Witch" for me but still good. I think the targeted audience was a little younger than the rest of the book so it didn't feel like it fit.
A folk-music group camps out and makes a farming village. This one was hard to believe. It seems like there were a few missing elements and unexplained parts to make it even a good story. I did like where it was going but it never got there. This is another I can't say much on or it would give too much away. It was a good read but seems like shortening it did it an injustice. Everything was there for a great novel but there was only enough room for a story.
Will read some of the authors other stuff to see if it is better. One volunteers to take care of their mother in a nursing home. They look into a possible wrong doing in the nursing home.
Very slow and it didn't ask question that needed to be asked or answer the ones that did. Martin — The Princess and the Queen Going to start here by saying his writing style is frustrating to me. Read GoT and hoped it would be written better and was disappointed. He tends to just throw facts at you then add something long and irrelevant usually about food then go back to facts.
I could not finish this one. R Dozois, Gardner R. Reading time 36 hours, 19 minutes. Read by George Holmes. Includes a novella by Martin set in the world of his Song of Ice and Fire series.
Violence, strong language, and explicit descriptions of sex. This is a monumental anthology of short and not so short fiction, and it celebrates strong women in all roles and situations. Here you will find no languishing lilies, no frail flowers, and, as the introduction says, try tying one of these ladies to a railroad track at your own risk. Most genres are represented, although there is a great deal of fantasy, some dystopia not my favorite , and a bit of mystery and historical fiction, too.
I do recommend this book we women will revel in it, and I think most of the gentlemen on this list can handle strong, competent cable, and yes, dangerous female characters but this is NOT a quick read at 36 hours and change. Still, being a collection, you can read a story, read something else and come back for more. So I really don't like short stories. Unless they're set in a world or with a character I already know.
Then they can be fun. But anyway, this book is totally worth reading for Bombshells, by Jim Butcher and the Brandon Sanderson story. Those are both awesome stories. I read and enjoyed some of the stories and just skimmed or skipped some of the others. Sorry most of the time I just said I skipped something because it was weird, but I don't have a lot of patience for short stories.
Enjoyable and I want to see more in that world. Well written but weird. It's like a typical writing class hipster shirt story. It made me uncomfortable in the way of 90s urban fantasy. Weird in the way of short stories though. I just think all short fiction is weird maybe.
I enjoyed it though. I loved it! Five stars. Lansdale -skipped bc it was weird. I liked how it started but it got really weird. It kind of reminded me of a grimmer Alloy of Law. Maybe because of the western theme? Fun world as always.
IT was a well-written story, but I didn't really care about it. It had a nice message too. Mildly enjoyable. Stirling - An Emberverse story I loved the premise of this. It's like Post apocalyptic non-electronics America where Renaissance festival pagans are able to create their own communities using all their Rennie skillz.
The story is very well written, but kind of grim. I actually want to read more in this verse now. The end of it was very nice. It had kind of an open-ended thing going on which was kind of cool, but also summarizes what I don't like about short stories. This storyhad an interesting premise but the execution was really weird and lots of cursing and everything I don't like about 90s urban fantasy.
Martin - A Song of Ice and Fire story--skipped. Jamie smiled. This prequel novella is perfect for fans of Jamie Fraser, for anyone curious about Jamie's life after the flogging and escape from Ft. And it's perfect for fans of the wonderful Ian Murray. You get a young Jamie, filled with grief and guilt for his father and sister, recovering from brutal punishment. You get a younger, whole Ian though he's always been "whole" in my opinion , Jamie's right hand, always guarding his weak side.
It was bittersweet, knowing what these two lads have already been through, and what's to come. It's also funny, and a little wicked. But it does give a nice glimpse into the beginnings of Jamie's years as a mercenary. I didn't read all the stories, but the ones I did were interesting. The downside to some of the stories that it seemed like in order for women to be dangerous, it seemed like they had to be in worlds where men preyed on them.
I am usually disappointed with anthologies. The stories are bland and the one or two that capture my attention are not worth the price of the book. This anthology is amazing. I bought it because Jim Butcher wrote a Harry Dresden story. Boy oh boy awesome story collection. The other authors are was not too sure about; but what a pleasant surprise. All stories are well written.
They all follow the theme of dangerous women. These women stand up for themselves. They are not damsels in distress. They stand by their convections, take names and pass out punches. I do not understand why people are giving it a low rating.
There is not a single boring story. All stories are complete and not rushed. Written by seasoned and award winning writers in their respective genre. Read it. You will discover authors you would probably not consider to read. I know I have. She sees her street been filled-up by strangers as her neighbors age and die out. Sara has grit. I want to be her when I get to that age. Enjoy it! I mean, just look at that list. Every story somehow relates to a prompt of Dangerous Women.
And as with all anthologies, some hit the nail on the head, while others had some vague possible connection with females in general and that was about it. Some had female protagonists, but the 'dangerous women' in some were side characters or characters we never met but who impacted the main character offstage.
I still can't decide whether that's a marginalization, or a clever reminder that not all dangerous women are heroes in their own right. The majority of these stories were entertaining, and they felt longer than short stories usually do for me. More like novellas. I recommend it for fans of any of the above authors, female protagonists, the concept that women can be dangerous and even deadly whether they're a force for good, or evil and short stories.
It's long, but even the lackluster stories weren't DNFs, and a handful of them really stood out. Also, I listened to this as an audiobook, and there were something like 16 narrators for it. All of them did a great job except Stana Katic, whom I loved in Castle but who chooses the oddest line breaks and thus her narratives came off like an open mic poetry jam. The volume needed adjustment on some as well, but the overall production value was good, and the narrators were engaging. An anthology of 21 short stories.
Series: "Bombshells" The Dresden Files, It's all the warnings your mother gives you come true with a girl who is honest enough to admit it in this Old West tale.
An oddish sort of ending, and it worked. He's already on my TBR list, and this story simply spurs me on. Megan Abbot's "My Heart is Either Broken" was read too soon after I read a post on stories that ended without proper punctual endings, and the title bothered me. Of course, it bothered me, for completely different reasons, once I finished this short. It's a peek into a dreadful time for a young couple. Their daughter's been stolen and the hard cruel eyes of the public are judging, expecting.
And I suspect it's the beginning of the end. You'll cry at the end, and I also suspect you'll hope without hope. Cecelia Holland's "Nora's Song" is a dip of the historic toe into the family chaos of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine and has me wanting to delve into what happened to their children.
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