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azeryk's review against another edition
3.0
'Die You Doughtnut Basards' is a short story from bizarro author Cameron Pierce, who has been releasing books for the past five years and always seems to get good reviews. This is actually my second Pierce book, the first being the novel 'Gargoyle Girls of Spider Island', which I found to be average, so was hoping this would give me a better chance to see if I would like his style or not.
It's hard to describe what happens within these pages, mainly because it is a bizarro short story collection, but also because there are no links between the stories so one minute you could be reading about killer doughnut men, the next about goth animals and then love. Sandwiched between these tales are both pictures of strange monsters, and poems, which make this a very quick read. This eclectic mix of variety does make it an interesting read, and if there is a tale which is less interesting you know it won't last long before your sampling something else.
Whilst I have tried several bizarro books to date and tended to enjoy them; I did find this short story collection harder to enjoy. I think it may be just my own personal tastes but I didn't enjoy the jumping around which came from so many unreleated stories. If you are a bizarro short story fan then I think you will really enjoy this book as it is well written, if your new to bizarro then this might be too strange for you.
The novel was received in exchange for an honest review.
It's hard to describe what happens within these pages, mainly because it is a bizarro short story collection, but also because there are no links between the stories so one minute you could be reading about killer doughnut men, the next about goth animals and then love. Sandwiched between these tales are both pictures of strange monsters, and poems, which make this a very quick read. This eclectic mix of variety does make it an interesting read, and if there is a tale which is less interesting you know it won't last long before your sampling something else.
Whilst I have tried several bizarro books to date and tended to enjoy them; I did find this short story collection harder to enjoy. I think it may be just my own personal tastes but I didn't enjoy the jumping around which came from so many unreleated stories. If you are a bizarro short story fan then I think you will really enjoy this book as it is well written, if your new to bizarro then this might be too strange for you.
The novel was received in exchange for an honest review.
bookdingo's review against another edition
4.0
This book is a mish-mash of everything bizarro can be. There were times it made me hungry, then disgusted, then depressed, then hungry, then disgusted and happy at the same time. Great collection of poetry and stories. "Lantern Jaws" is the best - beautiful, creepy, and sad.
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