Hm, I don't think this batch was as good as the novelettes. I liked all of them except for STET, but nothing really held my heart.
STET, I appreciate what it was trying to do, and the ethics and consequences certainly make you think. But it was clunky. The only emotion that came out was anger--which, I'm not saying that's not valid, but it is a lot harder to connect to the protagonist that way from the outside. Also, no one should use multiple citations in the middle of sentences like that in a research article. And IDK, I feel like, the type of person who would channel their anger and grief into a research paper, would not be the same type of person that would then expound on the actual details of why in the written comments to an editor. The protagonist comes across as more of a Tumblr blogger taking on a cause than an affected grieving parent. Too much story tried to be crammed into the margins.
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on 2019-07-27 01:07 pm (UTC)STET, I appreciate what it was trying to do, and the ethics and consequences certainly make you think. But it was clunky. The only emotion that came out was anger--which, I'm not saying that's not valid, but it is a lot harder to connect to the protagonist that way from the outside. Also, no one should use multiple citations in the middle of sentences like that in a research article. And IDK, I feel like, the type of person who would channel their anger and grief into a research paper, would not be the same type of person that would then expound on the actual details of why in the written comments to an editor. The protagonist comes across as more of a Tumblr blogger taking on a cause than an affected grieving parent. Too much story tried to be crammed into the margins.