Review: This just did not work for me
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 05 9, 2013
This is a free short story by Tananarive Due and can also be found in the anthology The Monster's Corner. Although the premise sounded a little weak, I gave it a chance as a possible introduction to the anthology itself.The story remained as weak as its premise throughout. A fish-woman who hides her "true self" and eats people. It never progressed beyond this. We have Abbie, a strange science fiction fish creature. She moves to a new town to begin a new life. I'm just not sure what Due was driving at with this one. What's the point here? The characters all felt far too similar. Derek, Jack, Abbie, Mary. Who are they and why are we reading about them? Perhaps the science fiction elements led this story astray. I did not buy into the fish/ human creature concept at all. Expecting supernatural, the story disappointed.