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meowls's review against another edition
3.0
This book had some absolutely wonderful and imaginative short stories, but they seem to be toward the middle and end. I thought the novella was interesting, but not as good as some of the short stories which could be full books in their own right. This is a great example of how short stories can be fantasy and still be full stories. While this collection didn't quite shine as much as DWJ's novels, it was still a fun read that kept me up into the wee hours of the night turning pages.
sjgochenour's review
4.0
I know I've read this one, but it may have been over ten years ago. In other words: the best kind of delight, as I remembered nothing but rejoiced in everything. Also, it's something of a relief to note that Jones returns the same motifs again and again (such as: cats), and yet I'm still interested every time.
brighthappyness's review against another edition
2.0
Not enough stories were entertaining enough for me to enjoy the book overall, though a few were good. Took a bit out of me to actually read through some of these, I don't know if it's because of the Briticisms or pacing but when the fantasy bits were good, they were really good.
anjreading's review
4.0
A lovely collection of fifteen stories and one novella, mostly fantasy with a little sci-fi and horror in the mix, and one autobiographical sketch. Like almost all short story collections, some of these were home runs for me and others were rather pedestrian. The novella that closes out the collection (more of a short book than a novella at 230 pages), "Everard's Ride", was wonderful - a fantasy world intruding on the real world of Victorian England and sweeping up two children in its plots and dramas. There were two stories narrated by cats, both delightful, and a gem of a sci-fi story about a robot called "No One".
quietjenn's review against another edition
5.0
Not every story in here is fantastic, but they all have their charms and delights. And I really adored the novella that makes up the last third or so of the collection.
ileana1's review
2.0
I wasn't particularly impressed by this collection of short stories. I liked some of the ideas, but the stories have the same problem mine do - they just stop instead of having an actual ending. Some of it is also rather old (I'm mainly thinking of the novella here) and time has not been too kind on it.
annikin's review
3.0
She really liked cats, didn't she?
I'm not good at reading short stories, even worse at reading collections of short stories so it took me way too long to finish this book. Most of the stories were good, few of them excellent. The cat stories were my favorite.
I'm not good at reading short stories, even worse at reading collections of short stories so it took me way too long to finish this book. Most of the stories were good, few of them excellent. The cat stories were my favorite.