A review by mpoper
Dogs and Monsters: Stories by Mark Haddon

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Not star rating because there is too much variability in a short story collection.  The prose is beautiful.  I am sure a lot of what there is to appreciate in some of stories that fell flat for me was just over my head.  I solidly enjoyed The Mother’s Story and The Quiet Limit of the World.  My Old School and The Wilderness were strong at the start but for me fell flat in their endings.  The other four stories didn’t pull me.