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A review by bookiepanda
The Unbelievable Death of Joseph Goldberg and Other Stories by Oliver Franks
4.0
A little less than month аго, I received this e-book and it sounded interesting, plus the phrase ‘a unique collection of death, voodoo magic and strange things’ catched my attention.
The book is short. Only 66 pages and I thought I could read it fast. A few days, maybe.
I was wrong.
It took me three weeks to finish it (at least it’s less than month). Of course, a part of it was thanks to school, bad mood, family issues. You know, the typical things. But the other part was because of the book itself.
It’s good. I can say that I liked the idea of the stories. All three different and strange in a good way. They catched my attention with plot, but they were too long for my taste.
When I read short stories, I like them… how to say it… short. 10 pages or less. I accept more, but the author’s style has to be really good to keep my attention.
Here the first two stories were something like 30 pages and the last one was 6 or 7. I wanted to keep reading, but got distracted, bored and at some point, I lost the main topic of the story.
So that’s the only problem with the book. The too long stories. I like everything else. The cover is so bright! You won’t expect something dark from inside, but the motive suits the book.
The book is short. Only 66 pages and I thought I could read it fast. A few days, maybe.
I was wrong.
It took me three weeks to finish it (at least it’s less than month). Of course, a part of it was thanks to school, bad mood, family issues. You know, the typical things. But the other part was because of the book itself.
It’s good. I can say that I liked the idea of the stories. All three different and strange in a good way. They catched my attention with plot, but they were too long for my taste.
When I read short stories, I like them… how to say it… short. 10 pages or less. I accept more, but the author’s style has to be really good to keep my attention.
Here the first two stories were something like 30 pages and the last one was 6 or 7. I wanted to keep reading, but got distracted, bored and at some point, I lost the main topic of the story.
So that’s the only problem with the book. The too long stories. I like everything else. The cover is so bright! You won’t expect something dark from inside, but the motive suits the book.