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A review by silenciadelumbrae
Fakes: An Anthology of Pseudo-Interviews, Faux-Lectures, Quasi-Letters, Found Texts, and Other Fraudulent Artifacts by Matthew Vollmer, David Shields
3.0
Honestly the tags say it all. This is a nerd book. This is a book you will enjoy if you are a nerd about language and the forms it can take. This is not a normal short-story book, but I enjoyed it anyway.
Now, when I say I enjoyed it, I mean for the most part. I found that a few of the stories took the joke and ran with it way too long, to the point where I had to skip to the end because it was just getting repetitive. Most of them, however, were just long enough to make their point and several were genuinely funny. By far my favourite piece was "The Dead Sister Handbook: A Guide for Sensitive Boys," which I am sure was playing on some piece of pop culture that I don't know anything about. But should that author ever wish to publish a full thesis/handbook on Dead Sisters, I would read it.
Anyway, three language-nerd stars!
Now, when I say I enjoyed it, I mean for the most part. I found that a few of the stories took the joke and ran with it way too long, to the point where I had to skip to the end because it was just getting repetitive. Most of them, however, were just long enough to make their point and several were genuinely funny. By far my favourite piece was "The Dead Sister Handbook: A Guide for Sensitive Boys," which I am sure was playing on some piece of pop culture that I don't know anything about. But should that author ever wish to publish a full thesis/handbook on Dead Sisters, I would read it.
Anyway, three language-nerd stars!