A review by themanfromdelmonte
To Hold The Bridge: Tales from the Old Kingdom and Beyond by Garth Nix

2.0

DNF 77% Highly variable. I worked my way through 11 of the short stories and they were a real mixed bag. By way of context I think the author shares a lot in common with writers like Charles Stross in that they have wildly original ideas and then a tendency to over-reach. The story arc fizzles out rather than terminating. The Keys to the Kingdom started with a bang but by the time it got to Superior Saturday I had lost interest. However, I can forgive Garth Nix an awful lot when he can write something like Abhorsen!
Anyway, time to stop rambling. There is one Old Kingdom story that, along with A Handful of Ashes & Infestation, was quite good. The quality of the rest was quite low, and two or three felt like outlines and gave me no encouragement to read further.