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Two or Three Years Later: Forty-Nine Digressions by Ror Wolf, Jennifer Marquart

daneekasghost's review

4.0

When I think subversive, I think dark and difficult. This book is subversive, make no mistake, but everything is done with a wink and a playful smile. Ror Wolf has collected a bunch of very short stories that show remarkable versatility in subverting expectations, and one long final story that manages to build on everything that came before without losing that wink. It's a book that I enjoyed more when I was aware of how I reacted to each story, what frustrated me, what excited me, what made me laugh. A book about the reader more than about the writer.

The blood will be frozen and my entire face will look like it's covered in powder, and you'll have seen nothing more beautiful in your entire life than blood in the snow, and through your presence alone this story will lead to an interesting ending, in the snow covering my face like powder–won't it?

That's the question a reader has to wrestle with in this one. And don't expect your answer to stay the same throughout.