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Mr. Campion's Lucky Day and Other Stories by Margery Allingham

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2.0

I have not many read many short story collections so I thought this was a good way to introduce me into this format.

He Was Asking After Yon - 3.5
Publicity - 2
The Perfect Butler - 3.5
The Barbarian - 2
Mr Campion's Lucky Day - 3
Tis Not Hereafter - 4.5
The Correspondents - 4
He Preferred Them Sad - 2
The Unseen Door - 3
Bird Thou Never Wert - 3
The Same To Us - 3
She heard it on the Radio - 4
The Man with the Sack - 3
The Secret - 2
A Quarter of a Million - 1
The Pioneers -5
The Sexton's Wife - 4.5
The Wink - 2.5

My top 3 were:

'Tis Not Hereafter - The ending was incredibly satisfying and the atmosphere created was amazing.
The Sexton's Wife - A heartbreaking, raw story that had me tearing up.
The Pioneers - This story filled me with hope. The characters in this were really good. I really enjoyed the POV.

My bottom 3 were:

Publicity - While I loved looking into the psychology of the MC, his inner monologue was so irritating.
The Barbarian - This story was set up really well but the pay off at the end was very disappointing and confusing!
The Secret - I didn't enjoy the dialogue in this story. The main male character was not my favourite character and I found him annoying.
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