Okay, the nitty-gritty: ROAR vol. 4 is mediocre. The stories are 'competently written'; they are not bad, but none of them are above average. There is a preponderance of 'animal-headed human' stories; in seven of the twelve, the characters could be humans instead of anthro animals and it would not make any difference -- in fact, you have to assume that all the anthro animals are the same size, share the same human omnivorous diet, usually have only a human sense of smell, and so on. This bugs me, but a lot of Furry fans -- maybe even most Furry fans -- are not bothered by this at all. Does accentuating the negative make this a better review?
Okay, the nitty-gritty: ROAR vol. 4 is mediocre. The stories are 'competently written'; they are not bad, but none of them are above average. There is a preponderance of 'animal-headed human' stories; in seven of the twelve, the characters could be humans instead of anthro animals and it would not make any difference -- in fact, you have to assume that all the anthro animals are the same size, share the same human omnivorous diet, usually have only a human sense of smell, and so on. This bugs me, but a lot of Furry fans -- maybe even most Furry fans -- are not bothered by this at all. Does accentuating the negative make this a better review?
Fred Patten