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The Merry Spinster: Tales of Everyday Horror
by Daniel M. Lavery
3.5 stars? I'm very torn on this one.
This is Mallory Ortberg*at their Mallory Ortberg-iest. I love retellings of popular folk tales, I love horror stories, and, more often than not, I love Mallory Ortberg. However, it did get to be Too Much.
There is no doubt that Ortberg is a true wordsmith -- the artistry from which one word connects to the other is incredible. Their writing is astonishing good. But it is palpably self-satisfied, so pleased with its own cleverness that I found myself turned off more often than not.
I really enjoyed the story of Jacob and the Angel and The Rabbit is an instant classic. The rest of the stories were fine, but Ortberg's overly-aware-of-their-own-cleverness kept me from truly enjoying the work.
*I don't know how to proceed here -- is his official author name for this book Daniel Mallory or Mallory Ortberg? I'm going with the Goodreads name for now.
This is Mallory Ortberg*at their Mallory Ortberg-iest. I love retellings of popular folk tales, I love horror stories, and, more often than not, I love Mallory Ortberg. However, it did get to be Too Much.
There is no doubt that Ortberg is a true wordsmith -- the artistry from which one word connects to the other is incredible. Their writing is astonishing good. But it is palpably self-satisfied, so pleased with its own cleverness that I found myself turned off more often than not.
I really enjoyed the story of Jacob and the Angel and The Rabbit is an instant classic. The rest of the stories were fine, but Ortberg's overly-aware-of-their-own-cleverness kept me from truly enjoying the work.
*I don't know how to proceed here -- is his official author name for this book Daniel Mallory or Mallory Ortberg? I'm going with the Goodreads name for now.