Reviews

Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions by Neil Gaiman

lancemama's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Gore, Grief, Death, Mental illness, Murder, Violence, Body horror, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Body shaming, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Animal death, Bullying, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Antisemitism, Cannibalism, Classism, and Alcohol

bi_n_large's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Animal cruelty, Gore, Murder, Sexual content, and Death

Moderate: Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Infidelity, Murder, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Racism and Incest

meglettte's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No

2.5

I found 6 of the 31 stories to be absolutely fantastic. The others felt tedious.

sigmer's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

00316's review against another edition

dark mysterious relaxing

4.5

laurendayo's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

jgintrovertedreader's review against another edition

3.0

I remember these as being very hit-or-miss.

katel1970's review against another edition

3.0

What I've come to realize is that while I adore Gaiman's work for young adults, his writing for adults is more of a mixed bag for me. These stories were completely hit and miss for me.

shadybanana's review against another edition

3.0

Some startled me. Others disturbed me. A few disappointed me but none crashed my expectations

goblinbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75