I expected more from the anthology’s opening story, and even more from Garth Nix. I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t disappointed.
And while I thought the actual unicorn of this story is not twee in any way, I felt the story itself was.
It would be remiss of me not to mention that I personally think unicorns are twee and in a contest between a unicorn and a zombie, I will always choose the zombie. It’s not pretty, but her mother does have one last wish: to see her murderer one last time. With the help of the family friend (a unicorn), her recently murdered mother has been reanimated. The anthology opens with “The Highest Justice” by Garth Nix, in which Princess Jess is on a mission. I admit freely this is probably one of the main reasons why anthologies and collections tend to be rarely reviewed on DA. I tried to keep my comments concise but there are 12 stories to cover. So I was interested to see which authors chose which creature and their respective takes on them. True, a short story is not like a novel and I’ve seen many excellent novelists write terrible short stories and vice versa, but I’ve picked up many a book by an author I was introduced to via short story. While I think the editorial comments from Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier did help to recreate that joking atmosphere, a book is not a blog and in many ways, this anthology teetered on being gimmicky and cheesy.Īll that said, I do like reading anthologies because it lets me sample various writers’ work in one shot.
I thought a lot of it depended on the inside joke of having been there for the off-the-cuff blog debate, and that’s never something you can count on in a book. What I wasn’t sure about was how well this idea would translate to book form. Which was better: the zombie or the unicorn? It was a hilarious debate that suited the blog format. I actually remember the various blog posts that inspired this anthology. Jia B Reviews / B+ Reviews / B- Reviews / C+ Reviews / C- Reviews / D Reviews Anthology / Carrie Ryan / Maureen Johnson / Meg-Cabot / Naomi-Novik / Young-Adult / zombies 12 Comments SeptemREVIEW: Zombies vs Unicorns edited by Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier
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