Filled to the brim with the absurd ... Each story’s direction is difficult to predict from one page to the next ... Ahmad often has the narrator speak directly to the reader ... Amid the many twists and turns in each story, this direct, sustained engagement from the narrator was an interesting way to keep the reader’s focus.
Imagine the film Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure as a feminist manifesto ... Entertaining, creative, and thoughtful reimaginings abound in this speculative story collection.
