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A review by solarchive
Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions by Neil Gaiman
4.0
Another recommendation from Nhung, are we surprised? No? Good.
Instead of a proper review, I will try to give my reaction/opinion on some short stories. We all know Gaiman's skills in writing, another insufficient person praising him will not make any differences.
Fairy tales, as G. K. Chesterton once said, are more than true. Not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be defeated.
THE WEDDING PRESENT is only an introductory story and already it FUCKED ME UP. It went The Picture of Dorian Gray without me even realizing.
“I’d spent days staring at a blank screen, occasionally writing a word like the and staring at it for an hour or so and then, slowly, letter by letter, I’d delete it and write and or but instead. Then I’d exit without saving.” (isn't it all of us)
“NICHOLAS WAS older than sin, and his beard could grow no whiter. He wanted to die.” This story got my attention and broke my heart with like 100 words.
“People talk about books that write themselves, and it’s a lie. Books don’t write themselves. It takes thought and research and backache and notes and more time and more work than you’d believe.”
Time for me to preach about something unrelated and probably never mentioned again in this book. but i don't believe in 'If you do what you love, you never work a day in your life.' Of course you will work, of course you will pour your life and soul into your project. Work is work, even if it's something you enjoy doing. It takes time and effort. It doesn't come easy.
QUEEN OF KNIVES is so interesting. Wtf. I was waiting for things to happen and then it came like a fucken wave and then it was over...
Just exactly what went through Gaiman's head when he wrote CHANGES? i just want answers.
Is THE DAUGHTER OF OWLS about Annabeth Chase because it's written in such a weird way I think I'm having dyslexia... or it's just my epub hahah but I doubt it.
SHOGGOTH’S OLD PECULIAR is my favourite story in this book.
LOOKING FOR THE GIRL is really.... scary to me, I don't know. The story is about the male gaze and THAT itself is already icky to me but the story actually made me put the book down for a while....
FOREIGN PARTS is trippy... BRILLIANTLY TRIPPY. I don't know what to feel or what to get or how to explain this damn story !!!!!
Some stories are super good and very Black Mirror-like (or Black Mirror is more like this one), which really draws me to it. But some are not as good. Overall super enjoyable. Easily binged but not easily understood.
Instead of a proper review, I will try to give my reaction/opinion on some short stories. We all know Gaiman's skills in writing, another insufficient person praising him will not make any differences.
Fairy tales, as G. K. Chesterton once said, are more than true. Not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be defeated.
THE WEDDING PRESENT is only an introductory story and already it FUCKED ME UP. It went The Picture of Dorian Gray without me even realizing.
“I’d spent days staring at a blank screen, occasionally writing a word like the and staring at it for an hour or so and then, slowly, letter by letter, I’d delete it and write and or but instead. Then I’d exit without saving.” (isn't it all of us)
“NICHOLAS WAS older than sin, and his beard could grow no whiter. He wanted to die.” This story got my attention and broke my heart with like 100 words.
“People talk about books that write themselves, and it’s a lie. Books don’t write themselves. It takes thought and research and backache and notes and more time and more work than you’d believe.”
Time for me to preach about something unrelated and probably never mentioned again in this book. but i don't believe in 'If you do what you love, you never work a day in your life.' Of course you will work, of course you will pour your life and soul into your project. Work is work, even if it's something you enjoy doing. It takes time and effort. It doesn't come easy.
QUEEN OF KNIVES is so interesting. Wtf. I was waiting for things to happen and then it came like a fucken wave and then it was over...
Just exactly what went through Gaiman's head when he wrote CHANGES? i just want answers.
Is THE DAUGHTER OF OWLS about Annabeth Chase because it's written in such a weird way I think I'm having dyslexia... or it's just my epub hahah but I doubt it.
SHOGGOTH’S OLD PECULIAR is my favourite story in this book.
LOOKING FOR THE GIRL is really.... scary to me, I don't know. The story is about the male gaze and THAT itself is already icky to me but the story actually made me put the book down for a while....
FOREIGN PARTS is trippy... BRILLIANTLY TRIPPY. I don't know what to feel or what to get or how to explain this damn story !!!!!
Some stories are super good and very Black Mirror-like (or Black Mirror is more like this one), which really draws me to it. But some are not as good. Overall super enjoyable. Easily binged but not easily understood.