(SF Mystery) A professor and her student investigating carnivorous plants on a colony world find the bones of a teenager inside one of the plants. (8,213 words; Time: 27m)
Rating: ★★★☆☆ Average
Recommended By: GDozois:4"Carnivores of Can't-Go-Home," by Constance Cooper [bio] (edited by Athena Andreadis), appeared in To Shape the Dark (RSR review), published on May 1, 2016 by Candlemark & Gleam.
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Pro: The mystery is a good one, with plenty of hints as to what’s going on.
Con: The setting is a bit contrived—humans from Britain and Japan mysteriously transported from a dying Earth to a strange new world.
The ending falls a bit flat, somehow, perhaps because we don’t get emotionally attached to any of the characters.
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Con: The setting is a bit contrived—humans from Britain and Japan mysteriously transported from a dying Earth to a strange new world.
The ending falls a bit flat, somehow, perhaps because we don’t get emotionally attached to any of the characters.
Other Reviews: Search Web, GoodReads.com
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