Escape Artists
PodCastle => Episode Comments => Topic started by: Ocicat on July 03, 2018, 07:04:13 PM
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PodCastle 529: Chesirah (http://podcastle.org/2018/07/03/podcastle-529-chesirah/)
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Rated PG-13 for violent captivity and violent rebirth.
Previously published by FIYAH Literary Magazine #1 (https://www.fiyahlitmag.com/product/issue-one-rebirth/)
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It took me a long time to get situated in this world. I wondered for a significant amount of time if Chesirah was the size of a bird, or a person? Is this a “future fantasy” story or a classic fantasy story? Are the ships spaceships or boat-ships? It was extremely apparent that this is the prologue to a longer story. I would have found my bearings quicker in this story with some clues a book jacket may have provided! I still love stories of self-liberation from oppressions so that was satisfying.
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I also only "got" the story the third time I listened to it, but to be fair, the first two times was with broken headphones :D
I really liked the setting and characters.
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This was a very engaging story, and I didn't feel like it was incomplete or too prologue-y. It did seem strange that race/species based slavery of sentient people was condoned in society when there were apparently many non-human races mingling together. The doll maker was a particularly nasty character. I liked that Chesirah was considering helping others at the end, but didn't rush immediately into making it her life's work. The ending felt like the right choice for the character.