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sherylv's review against another edition
3.0
This collection of stories were genuinely an interesting bunch. Probably the best short story anthology ive read so far. Should be considered for one of the "sex & death" books that ive read so many of yet never had enough sex or death in them.
I plunged into this right after reading classics, which was a bit of a pace changer. All these weird modern words I've never heard about!! We get it Hale, you have an exemplary vocabulary! All of these stories had a weird, sometimes disturbing, graphic touch to them. Which I enjoyed.
Hale's writing style is very prominent and lyrical; and i loved the modernity he brought to the prose and descriptions of his stories.
I struggled hard with this rating, I would consider is a 3.5/5, veryyy close to a 4 (i just have high standards) but definitely a book i would recommend to people who enjoy weird stories!
I plunged into this right after reading classics, which was a bit of a pace changer. All these weird modern words I've never heard about!! We get it Hale, you have an exemplary vocabulary! All of these stories had a weird, sometimes disturbing, graphic touch to them. Which I enjoyed.
Hale's writing style is very prominent and lyrical; and i loved the modernity he brought to the prose and descriptions of his stories.
I struggled hard with this rating, I would consider is a 3.5/5, veryyy close to a 4 (i just have high standards) but definitely a book i would recommend to people who enjoy weird stories!
daynpitseleh's review against another edition
3.0
I received this from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
First of all, I kinda hate the cover, so I was glad that I was reading this as an ebook rather than in a physical copy, because this is one that would get strange looks in public. The stories in this collection are full of strange, flawed characters and the endings are often abrupt. However, I found myself thinking about the characters and their situations days after I finished the book, so it had some of effect on me.
First of all, I kinda hate the cover, so I was glad that I was reading this as an ebook rather than in a physical copy, because this is one that would get strange looks in public. The stories in this collection are full of strange, flawed characters and the endings are often abrupt. However, I found myself thinking about the characters and their situations days after I finished the book, so it had some of effect on me.
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