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andreafabiana's review
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
This book should have been named "A personal selection of short stories based on my personal weird taste, where you will find weird not fully developed characters, hallucinations, madness, mixed with memory loss now and then, with some stories related to science fiction, most of which will end in an incomprehensive way that would leave you - the reader- unsatisfied at the most". Also, it is not right to take a chapter from a book and brand it a "short story". NO, it is a chapter of a book that had a beginning and would have an end after the chapter you are given, and therefore away from the readers' possibilities, unless you go and buy the whole books, which I will not. I gave it 2 stars only because I am generous, it deserves none. After closing the book I could only remember 5 stories, the ones by J.L. Borges and J. Cortazar, which I knew from before, they are difficult to forget and the only 2 I would personally have added to a short stories' selection because they are truly masterpieces with everything in it, a beginning, a middle and an end. The other three that were new to me that I consider having the structure of a short story which I still remembered after closing the book, are "Nightmare" by Shirley Jackson, "Saul Walker" by Brian Fawcett and "I hope I shall arrive soon" by Philip K. Dick. However I would not recommend this book, I would say to people 'hey go and buy the short stories collections by Borges and Cortazar instead!'
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