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A review by dilchh
xo Orpheus: Fifty New Myths by Kate Bernheimer
2.0
I mean, I don’t know.
I did said that I was not disappointed with the retelling of Icarus by Anthony Marra, but that was just one story of the many that were inside this book so I can’t just say that the whole entire book was great judging from just a couple of stories that I did enjoy (and yes, I did enjoy several other stories). I’m not saying the other stories were bad, or were written in ways that were not enjoyable, it wasn’t something that I particularly like (?). The stories itself were oddly written, but that may be because I wasn’t accustomed with some of the writers; some other stories were just plain weird because it feels like it wasn’t going anywhere and suddenly it stops.
I know it was bias of me to complain about something like that when I particularly enjoy the weirdness of Haruki Murakami’s style of writing, but then again this was a short story, so when it goes on and on about something without proper direction and to have it end suddenly, it definitely was not something I would have favoured.
I did said that I was not disappointed with the retelling of Icarus by Anthony Marra, but that was just one story of the many that were inside this book so I can’t just say that the whole entire book was great judging from just a couple of stories that I did enjoy (and yes, I did enjoy several other stories). I’m not saying the other stories were bad, or were written in ways that were not enjoyable, it wasn’t something that I particularly like (?). The stories itself were oddly written, but that may be because I wasn’t accustomed with some of the writers; some other stories were just plain weird because it feels like it wasn’t going anywhere and suddenly it stops.
I know it was bias of me to complain about something like that when I particularly enjoy the weirdness of Haruki Murakami’s style of writing, but then again this was a short story, so when it goes on and on about something without proper direction and to have it end suddenly, it definitely was not something I would have favoured.