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koalakarakookie's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- 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
3.75
This short story collection is just okay for me. I didn’t love it but I also didn’t hate, one might even say it’s mid. I loved the short story “the gifted” the most. Here are some quotes I liked
“Dinosaurs couldn’t fit on the ark, and that’s why they’re extinct. Duh.’”
“AC/DC which everyone knows stands for Anti-Christ Devil’s Children and KISS which stands for Kids in Satan’s Service and I guess some gangster rap too like those things about taking drugs and killing cops and raping little kids but mainly rap metal…”
“during the current summer break, sitting out under a blue sky towering with cumulonimbus clouds approaching from off the ocean, clouds that will threaten and threaten but never quite rain.”
“If Tippi wasn’t in love, then love’s been scooped by something that looks far better or at least more fun, is my opinion.”
“A people whom I love and hate, persons whom I only love. Perhaps there really is no end to this division.”
“WE ARE GHOSTS HERE, TELLING this story.”
“MEMORIES WITHIN MEMORIES. THE STORY comes to us in a rush, all its bits and pieces simultaneous as is the way with things here.”
“Artefacts have power, They’re the crystallization of everything that the civilization was, of everything the civilization thought about itself.”
“WHO WERE WE? WE ARE forgetting, have forgotten. We are ghosts here, who have told this story. It’s all we seem to have now, our only remaining gift.”
“Dinosaurs couldn’t fit on the ark, and that’s why they’re extinct. Duh.’”
“AC/DC which everyone knows stands for Anti-Christ Devil’s Children and KISS which stands for Kids in Satan’s Service and I guess some gangster rap too like those things about taking drugs and killing cops and raping little kids but mainly rap metal…”
“during the current summer break, sitting out under a blue sky towering with cumulonimbus clouds approaching from off the ocean, clouds that will threaten and threaten but never quite rain.”
“If Tippi wasn’t in love, then love’s been scooped by something that looks far better or at least more fun, is my opinion.”
“A people whom I love and hate, persons whom I only love. Perhaps there really is no end to this division.”
“WE ARE GHOSTS HERE, TELLING this story.”
“MEMORIES WITHIN MEMORIES. THE STORY comes to us in a rush, all its bits and pieces simultaneous as is the way with things here.”
“Artefacts have power, They’re the crystallization of everything that the civilization was, of everything the civilization thought about itself.”
“WHO WERE WE? WE ARE forgetting, have forgotten. We are ghosts here, who have told this story. It’s all we seem to have now, our only remaining gift.”
grubstlodger's review against another edition
4.0
Strange stories, they succeed best when they are experimenting. I like the one about ‘groom grabbing’, written as a PHD thesis paper and the one where he invents fake internet rumours and completely recreates internet type speak. Another good one counts all the ways in which two people may not have met. And there was a story about Amazons running the UK. I also liked the war games one - interpretive artillery firing indeed.
Bad ones were the ones that tried to tell a story.
Bad ones were the ones that tried to tell a story.
alvarete's review
funny
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
2.75
Chulo pero no sé, depende de la short story
nobodyatall's review against another edition
4.0
an excellent short story collection.
no duff stories and some rather brilliant ones. very enjoyable
no duff stories and some rather brilliant ones. very enjoyable
acchan991's review
5.0
Implied violence 4☆
The way all trends do 5☆
Ponce de Leon is a retired married couple from Toronto 4☆
Jesus' elbows and other christian urban myths 5☆
Quis custodied ipsos custodes 4☆
Sydney is a city of jaywalkers 4☆
2,115 Opportunities 3.5☆
The Motivations of Sally Rae Wentworth, Amazon 4☆
The Seventh International Military War Games Dance Committee Qudrenial Competition and Jamboree 4☆
The Gifted 4☆
and
Now That You’ve Died: This story makes me want to drop the other stories ratings because it was AMAZING! PERFECT! Just read these one please. 6☆
The way all trends do 5☆
Ponce de Leon is a retired married couple from Toronto 4☆
Jesus' elbows and other christian urban myths 5☆
Quis custodied ipsos custodes 4☆
Sydney is a city of jaywalkers 4☆
2,115 Opportunities 3.5☆
The Motivations of Sally Rae Wentworth, Amazon 4☆
The Seventh International Military War Games Dance Committee Qudrenial Competition and Jamboree 4☆
The Gifted 4☆
and
Now That You’ve Died: This story makes me want to drop the other stories ratings because it was AMAZING! PERFECT! Just read these one please. 6☆
pipfromspace's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
bmahaffy's review against another edition
5.0
An clever and witty collection of short stories. Some are touching, some are quite macabre, but all are very inventive and keep you engaged. Some, which I found particularly fun, took historical fact and came up with some very original and interesting ideas to explain how the fact came to be.
tbonegreg's review against another edition
3.0
(3.5) As is typical with story collections, I loved some and didn’t care as much for others. Overall, definitely worth a read.