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A review by smalefowles
How They Were Found by Matt Bell
3.0
Well, every story was different. Bell experiments wildly with form, and he's certainly good with ideas.
I just didn't like many of the stories. The collection started out fairly strong ('Cartographer's Girl,' 'The Receiving Tower') and then lagged in the middle, and then ended up okay ('The Collectors' and 'An Index...').
The middle was just kind of gross. (Can writers please please please stop rewriting fairy tales? I can't even begin to list how many iterations I've read of various Grimm tales and I'm deeply sick of it.)
There's a good amount of talent here, but I wish I hadn't read half the stories.
I just didn't like many of the stories. The collection started out fairly strong ('Cartographer's Girl,' 'The Receiving Tower') and then lagged in the middle, and then ended up okay ('The Collectors' and 'An Index...').
The middle was just kind of gross. (Can writers please please please stop rewriting fairy tales? I can't even begin to list how many iterations I've read of various Grimm tales and I'm deeply sick of it.)
There's a good amount of talent here, but I wish I hadn't read half the stories.