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A review by anna_hepworth
A Book of Endings by Deborah Biancotti
5.0
I love Biancotti's short stories - sparse, pointed, intricate, and yet somehow lush as well. The odd story I'd encountered before. Somehow, more than I had expected, especially given the original publication sources (other than one that I felt I knew intimately, which I eventually realised had been published in a magazine that I had done the layout/editing for).
I really loved the idea of being about endings - about the intimate failures, the apocalyptic disasters, the way the world changes. 'King of All and the Metal Sentinel' is possibly my favourite, 'The Razor Salesman' the most subtly horrible. But this is a collection where my opinions aren't fixed - the next read through, I expect I'll find a completely different story to call my favourite, and it, too, will be a beautifully crafted window into another world.
I really loved the idea of being about endings - about the intimate failures, the apocalyptic disasters, the way the world changes. 'King of All and the Metal Sentinel' is possibly my favourite, 'The Razor Salesman' the most subtly horrible. But this is a collection where my opinions aren't fixed - the next read through, I expect I'll find a completely different story to call my favourite, and it, too, will be a beautifully crafted window into another world.