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A review by jasminenoack
Museum of the Weird by Amelia Gray
3.0
first book of 2011!
This book suffers from a common problem of second books read. It isn't as good as the first book.
If this book had been written by nick hornby it would have been 4 stars, if it had been debut collection it would have been a high 4 stars perhaps a low five. But compared to Gray's other book this one just wasn't quite as enjoyable for me it's definitely like a 3.4 comparatively. On some level this is unfair, I'm expecting a level of perfection or an approach that I saw before and not judging this book objectively on it's own merits, but the world isn't an objective place.
This is not to say this book doesn't have it's good points. A lot of the stories in this book push the boundaries of conventional reality. One asks what is pork? and if we eat that where do we draw the line on what we can eat? These stories not only question our values but they do it in a way that we have no choice but to stand back and say, gosh that is true.
These are beautiful stories and well worth a read.
This book suffers from a common problem of second books read. It isn't as good as the first book.
If this book had been written by nick hornby it would have been 4 stars, if it had been debut collection it would have been a high 4 stars perhaps a low five. But compared to Gray's other book this one just wasn't quite as enjoyable for me it's definitely like a 3.4 comparatively. On some level this is unfair, I'm expecting a level of perfection or an approach that I saw before and not judging this book objectively on it's own merits, but the world isn't an objective place.
This is not to say this book doesn't have it's good points. A lot of the stories in this book push the boundaries of conventional reality. One asks what is pork? and if we eat that where do we draw the line on what we can eat? These stories not only question our values but they do it in a way that we have no choice but to stand back and say, gosh that is true.
These are beautiful stories and well worth a read.