Reviews

Sideshow: Ten Original Tales of Freaks, Illusionists and Other Matters Odd and Magical by Margo Lanagan, Cecil Castellucci, Vivian Vande Velde, Annette Curtis Klause, Danica Novgorodoff, David Almond, Cynthia Leitich Smith, Matt Phelan, Deborah Noyes, Aimee Bender, Shawn Cheng

marpesea's review against another edition

4.0

Sideshow is an excellent collection of short stories and graphic-novel style stories. Stand out stories were Aimee Bender's "The Bearded Girl", Matt Phelan's "Jargo", and Cecil Castellucci's "The Bread Box." This collection manages to be creepy, strange, sad, and humorous. Fun to peruse or read through, but not the best to read out loud.

alicihonest's review against another edition

1.0

absolutely wretched

maree_k's review against another edition

4.0

Some brilliant stories in this collection of short stories themed around freaks and magic edited by Deborah Noyes. There were no bad stories but some absolute stand outs. The best of the bunch for me was The Bread Box by Cecil Castellucci, which is one of the most original short stories I've read in a long. long time. A stellar collection of tightly written, entertaining and evocative short stories aimed at young adults but a great read for all lovers of the short story form (especially those who have a thing for the freaky and bizarre).