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moonlit_shelves's review
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
catpdx's review against another edition
3.0
Delightfully surreal little book of stories - a few here and there reminded me of Boris Vian's brand of playful inventiveness masking a dark, often violent core ("Blueberries" and "The Garden" were standouts). Others fizzled for me, but the collection is worth a read.
wwtpeng's review against another edition
4.0
The highlight stories were blueberries, the garden and the library.
juerbu's review against another edition
4.0
I picked this up from Storybundle's Weird Fiction 2 bundle curated by [a:Jeff VanderMeer|33919|Jeff VanderMeer|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1400594878p2/33919.jpg].
This collection of weird tales builds on mundane experiences before interpreting them through the gradual addition of these weird, fantastical details. Here are my favourites of the seven stories:
"The Explorer"
It starts with an unexceptional missing person case, but quickly transcends its mundane trappings with the peculiar place that person, the title character, disappears to.
"Blueberries"
The twist of this story lacks any any real weight, but the charm is wading through the general paranoia of not being alone and the accumulation of strange dreams. That dead pike! All the bones! He picks and eats so many blueberries!
"The Garden"
Fascinating, eco-strange story concerning plant/human union and human attachment.
This collection of weird tales builds on mundane experiences before interpreting them through the gradual addition of these weird, fantastical details. Here are my favourites of the seven stories:
"The Explorer"
It starts with an unexceptional missing person case, but quickly transcends its mundane trappings with the peculiar place that person, the title character, disappears to.
"Blueberries"
The twist of this story lacks any any real weight, but the charm is wading through the general paranoia of not being alone and the accumulation of strange dreams. That dead pike! All the bones! He picks and eats so many blueberries!
"The Garden"
Fascinating, eco-strange story concerning plant/human union and human attachment.
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