That Glimpse of Truth: The 100 Finest Short Stories Ever Written
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Profound, lyrical, shocking, wise: the short story is capable of almost anything. This collection of...
The Complete Stories
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First published fifteen years ago, shortly after his death, inside this collection are some of the...
Debbiereadsbook (1202 KP) rated Kiss Me Deadly in Books
Jun 13, 2023
6 short stories, of the horror/paranormal variety.
So, here's the thing.
I like short stories, I really do. The skill with a short is, you gotta grab the reader, and hold on for those few pages and not let go.
And here, I was only grabbed once or twice, and one of those was an excerpt from another collection.
I loved the excerpt from One, which appears in Rock Paper Scissors. That really got me good and excited for this collection, it really did. I'd like to go back and read THAT particular story.
The Swinging Tree was rather good too. That certainly grabbed and didn't let go!
Paper Dolls, I felt was perfect for a full length story. What Zach and Paris could get up to boggles the (obviously very twisted) mind!
But the other stories, while well written and well told, didn't grab me too much.
I think it would have better, for ME, had I not read these short stories back to back. Maybe if I had read one, then something else, then come back to these, I might have enjoyed them better.
But still, an enjoyable way to pass an hour.
3 stars
*same worded review will appear elsewhere
How Much the Heart Can Hold: Seven Stories on Love
Carys Bray, Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, Bernardine Evaristo and Grace McCleen
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'Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold.' Zelda Fitzgerald Love is...
Shaun Collins (3 KP) rated Doctor Who: Twelve Doctors of Christmas in Books
Jan 12, 2018
Dean (6926 KP) rated Creepshow 2 (1987) in Movies
Sep 9, 2018
Collected Short Stories: Volume 1
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This classic collection of stories moves from England, France and Spain to the silver sands of the...
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2206 KP) rated Crime Travel in Books
Dec 9, 2019
This is a very strong collection of stories. While a couple weren’t quite to my taste, I can see how others would love them and it was a very minor point. I laughed at a few of the stories, another couple made me cry, in a good way. Most importantly, I had fun. There are so many great stories in this collection, you’ll be glad you picked it up. And if you don’t get it now, you just might have to come back in time and yell at yourself for putting it off and depriving yourself of the joys of reading these stories right away.
Really interesting mix of different perspectives and writing styles. I was impressed at how they were all given the same prompt and yet did such vastly different things with it.
Some of them really stuck with me. 'Forest Man' definitely got me the most. It drew me in wonderfully and successfully creeped me out.
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Thank you to Book Sirens and the publisher for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.
Mr Wrong
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From the bestselling author of the Cazelet Chronicles comes Elizabeth Jane Howard's comes Mr Wrong,...