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The Merry Spinster: Tales of Everyday Horror
by Daniel M. Lavery
I've loved Daniel Mallory Ortberg ever since The Toast and this did not disappoint. It's weird, surreal, queer (there's amazing playfulness with gender roles and identities and reversals - at points, it is a bit confusing). Weirdly, it sort of reminded me of Boris Vian's stories.
For me, the standouts were the play on the Six Swans fairy tale, which ends up being about giving consent and breaking consent in a very interesting way, also the Little Mermaid interpretation which opens the book is just fab. Some of the stories were a bit dense and abstract, and I probably didn't get the references all that much.
I pretty much loved this. It was creepy and ominous but beautifully written and with plenty of laughs.
For me, the standouts were the play on the Six Swans fairy tale, which ends up being about giving consent and breaking consent in a very interesting way, also the Little Mermaid interpretation which opens the book is just fab. Some of the stories were a bit dense and abstract, and I probably didn't get the references all that much.
I pretty much loved this. It was creepy and ominous but beautifully written and with plenty of laughs.