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A review by anna_hepworth
The Year of Ancient Ghosts by Kim Wilkins
4.0
this is a collection of beautiful stories, and I would probably rate it 4.5, if the half star was an option. It loses the point, because for me it was hard work to read. The stories were fascinating, the ideas were great, but the prose didn't drag me in, and I had to remind myself that this was what I was reading. Maybe another time, I'll find it more gripping, given that these are the kind of stories that usually grab me and don't let me go.
Of the five stories, I found "Dindrana's Lover" to be the stand out - a beautiful reworking/reimagining of a classic tale. Not quite a fairy tale reworking, but close enough that I had the same feel of being inside and seeing differently that I get with reworkings of well known fairy tales that I love.
These stories are not light reading. In each, the protagonist and the reader are cut fine, examined, and possibly put back together. But they are fascinating stories all the same.
Of the five stories, I found "Dindrana's Lover" to be the stand out - a beautiful reworking/reimagining of a classic tale. Not quite a fairy tale reworking, but close enough that I had the same feel of being inside and seeing differently that I get with reworkings of well known fairy tales that I love.
These stories are not light reading. In each, the protagonist and the reader are cut fine, examined, and possibly put back together. But they are fascinating stories all the same.