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chantaal 's review for:
Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid In the Omelas Hole
by Isabel J. Kim
2024 Hugo nominee for best short fiction, 2024 Nebula nominee for best short story. Read for free at Clarkesworld. https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kim_02_24/
I'm glad I read the original Le Guin before reading this, because I can see how it is in conversation with the Le Guin piece. It unfortunately doesn't seem to have even a fraction of the nuance Le Guin did.
This story very obviously lays out the theme, pokes at it with a stick, then turns to you and asks if you Get It. Half of me finds the obviousness of it charming, and the other half wishes I had five seconds to think about the story on my own merit and not have it shoved in my face while I read.
I'm glad I read the original Le Guin before reading this, because I can see how it is in conversation with the Le Guin piece. It unfortunately doesn't seem to have even a fraction of the nuance Le Guin did.
This story very obviously lays out the theme, pokes at it with a stick, then turns to you and asks if you Get It. Half of me finds the obviousness of it charming, and the other half wishes I had five seconds to think about the story on my own merit and not have it shoved in my face while I read.