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jenpaul13 's review for:
The Merry Spinster: Tales of Everyday Horror
by Daniel M. Lavery
The children's stories we've come to think of as familiar had a generally dark origin, but in the collection of tales in Mallory Ortberg's The Merry Spinster, the darkness and creepiness is developed into something rather unsettling.
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Weaving sinister tones and ideas into tales that are recognizable, this collection twists the familiar into something entrancing. Adding a new layer of psychological terror and feminist commentary to the stories, the tales take on an entertaining new life. The stories contain some beautiful writing and some interesting ideas, but as with many collections, there are stronger and weaker stories; many of the weaker stories built themselves up well only to have a disappointing and anticlimactic ending. Though an intriguing concept to include gender fluidity in some of the tales, without the proper context for it within the world of the narrative, it made it difficult to become fully immersed with the story.
To read this, and other book reviews, visit my website: http://makinggoodstories.wordpress.com/.
Weaving sinister tones and ideas into tales that are recognizable, this collection twists the familiar into something entrancing. Adding a new layer of psychological terror and feminist commentary to the stories, the tales take on an entertaining new life. The stories contain some beautiful writing and some interesting ideas, but as with many collections, there are stronger and weaker stories; many of the weaker stories built themselves up well only to have a disappointing and anticlimactic ending. Though an intriguing concept to include gender fluidity in some of the tales, without the proper context for it within the world of the narrative, it made it difficult to become fully immersed with the story.