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rhiannoncs 's review for:
Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions
by Neil Gaiman
This is a really hit-or-miss collection; many of the pieces are dull or clumsy, and there are a couple that I couldn't really see what he was trying to accomplish with them. But there are some good pieces - "Chivalry" is fun, "Murder Mysteries" is good (though I have some quibbles with the choice of tense), "Snow, Glass, Apples" is creepy, and "The Goldfish Pool and Other Stories" is truly excellent. I've been mulling over what makes that story so awesome for a few days now, and it's really just close to a perfectly crafted piece. The book is worth picking up to read those stories, in my view, and there were a few other amusing things here.