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3.61 AVERAGE
3.61 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
I read all the short stories accept ‘The Tears of a Building Surveyor, and Other Stories’. Not sure why but I just couldn’t focus on this one. The rest were so beautiful and poignant. I want to read a full length novel by Aliya Whiteley.
dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Mind-blowing Worldbuilding 😍weird, twisted, and body-horror SF stories. Loved most of them.
dark
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Not all of them hit but when they did they were very good
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I fell in love with Aliya Whiteley's writing and creativity after reading her fascinating novella, 'The Beauty', when it first came out in 2014.
'From the Neck Up' is Whiteley's collection of 16 short stories that both scare and inspire you.
Her stories are an interesting blend of science fiction and speculative horror.
The stories cover a variety of themes about the world we live in, ranging from environmental apocalypse to exploring the uglier parts of the human psyche.
The genius of her writing is in how normal and mundane surroundings grow increasingly more strange and uncanny.
Like most short story collections this is a bit of a mixed bag, some stories are more gripping and impactful than others. My personal favourites were 'Into Glass' and 'Blessings Erupt', which I suggest you look up online.
But what this collection does best is highlight Whiteley's dreamlike prose and her wild imagination.
I highly recommend this to anyone who's into semi-disturbing and weird fiction like I am.
'From the Neck Up' is Whiteley's collection of 16 short stories that both scare and inspire you.
Her stories are an interesting blend of science fiction and speculative horror.
The stories cover a variety of themes about the world we live in, ranging from environmental apocalypse to exploring the uglier parts of the human psyche.
The genius of her writing is in how normal and mundane surroundings grow increasingly more strange and uncanny.
Like most short story collections this is a bit of a mixed bag, some stories are more gripping and impactful than others. My personal favourites were 'Into Glass' and 'Blessings Erupt', which I suggest you look up online.
But what this collection does best is highlight Whiteley's dreamlike prose and her wild imagination.
I highly recommend this to anyone who's into semi-disturbing and weird fiction like I am.
Really strong collection, very strange and unusual.
My personal favorite stories were
Brushwork, Many-Eyed Monsters, blessings erupt, compel, from the neck up, and tears of a building surveyor
But generally all the stories contain an odd thoughtful approach to horrific conditions. The morality seems both obvious and complex, and I love how creative the writing is too, using many different approaches to tell the stories, provide information to the reader, which makes for a fun, disturbing, and somehow also gentle experience.
My personal favorite stories were
Brushwork, Many-Eyed Monsters, blessings erupt, compel, from the neck up, and tears of a building surveyor
But generally all the stories contain an odd thoughtful approach to horrific conditions. The morality seems both obvious and complex, and I love how creative the writing is too, using many different approaches to tell the stories, provide information to the reader, which makes for a fun, disturbing, and somehow also gentle experience.
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated