A review by thekarpuk
Charactered Pieces by Caleb J. Ross

3.0

The stories of Caleb Ross have a tendency to stick sideways in my brain. Most of them have interesting plots, poetic prose, and they flow quite nicely. The thing is, there's often an subtle element of surrealism that I can't quite pin down effectively. There seems to be one detail that's off, and the way characters react to it is never quite what I would have expected.

I went through the whole book with the feeling like it was a very lucid dream. Reaching the last page, I didn't have as much to say as I usually do about books. Perhaps it's the length, the book is around fifty pages, but I think it also has something to do with the stories feeling like complete thoughts. I just didn't see much I could criticize about the volume.