★★★☆☆
(Near-Future SF) A woman secretly gets a biological profile of her husband to determine how likely he is to cheat on her, but she meets the likely target of his affection, and things don’t go as expected. (6,474 words; Time: 21m)
"FiGen: A Love Story," by Kristi Demeester [bio] (edited by Andy Cox), appeared in Interzone issue 282, published on July 15, 2019 by TTA Press.
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Pro: It’s clear from the start that this report is a bad idea, and it’s really clear that meeting Ava is a bad idea; the only question is how it’ll go wrong and how bad the damage will be.
The story does a nice job of setting our expectations; nothing happens that wasn’t foreshadowed. And the ending is also satisfying, wrapping up all the loose ends.
Con: This story barely has any speculative element at all, particularly if we assume the service was really a fraud.
Bea pays almost no price at the end for her infidelity. That’s something of a letdown.
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Pro: It’s clear from the start that this report is a bad idea, and it’s really clear that meeting Ava is a bad idea; the only question is how it’ll go wrong and how bad the damage will be.
The story does a nice job of setting our expectations; nothing happens that wasn’t foreshadowed. And the ending is also satisfying, wrapping up all the loose ends.
Con: This story barely has any speculative element at all, particularly if we assume the service was really a fraud.
Bea pays almost no price at the end for her infidelity. That’s something of a letdown.
Other Reviews: Search Web
Kristi Demeester Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
Follow RSR on Twitter, Facebook, RSS, or E-mail.
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