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I want to preface by saying I love Yudin and her work, I bought all of her books on paperback and really stuck around her channel for awhile now. But with this book in particular, while it had me roped in immensely in the beginning, I suppose due to life and such not I eventually lost interest in the book around pg. 200. I'd say it's more on me then anything else and when this happens its just hard for me to get back into a book.

For the beginning however I will definitely rate it a four! And I'd recommend the book to anyone honestly.

A nice time-killer and a window into the past of when companies were still getting used to the rise in mobile traffic and switching over to responsive designs. The book was interesting in revealing how teams worked, strategies they would evaluate, test and the challenges they would go up against — and for that I value the book's insights rather well. I think it is essential every web developer understands how we evolved from one practice to another and in that I almost want to call this essential reading.

Another book I am unfortunately shelving, I just lost interest reading in.

It was a fairly well put collection and it was more than refreshing seeing stories take place in a different perspective and cultural background than what I'm normally exposed to. My favorite by far was Kushtuka by Mathilda Zeller and Wingless by Marcie R. Rendon. I wasn't a fan of every story in the book especially because some just didn't really leave me an impact such as Quantum by Nick Medina but they do pose interesting questions about heritage and there's a fair shock and unsettling factor involved that I can appreciate. Would visit this book again in the future for a select reading.

I definitely recommend this book if you're looking to get into horror books and would want to see which authors would pique your interest, these short stories are pretty friendly and diverse as well. And I'll definitely look into more writing by my favorite authors here.

I recently read a short story that had me thinking about “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” and I remember feeling so distinctly disturbed and distraught on my commute home. The story is definitely a punch that takes its time, I read this like three times and read a dozen essays and watched too many videos on and while I didn't understand it at first... it is definitely my favorite short story of all time now.

It was so easy to close the book and go on with my life after reading this story, I simply forgot about it until I was reminded of it recently—reminded of the child in the basement. There are so many analogies and metaphors you can apply but simply living in America, a nation with great history in oppressing the weak, of war and crimes and imperialism and being able to enjoy life in a city as privileged as New York has me disturbed. I could've easily lost the lottery and have been born in Gaza for example, or in Vietnam during the late 20th century. I am grateful everyday of course but it is so easy to take things for granted, especially those suffering in the dark hidden from view.