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A review by panikos
Instruction Manual for Swallowing by Adam Marek
4.0
3.5 stars, rounded up to 4.
I really like the surrealness of this collection of short stories, and there are some in here that will resonate with me for a long time. Unfortunately, I didn't think all the stories were made equally - some felt bizarre for the sake of it rather than to make an actual point, and even the endings of the best stories tended to drop off in a slightly inconclusive way. Nevertheless, the bizarreness and the concepts are excellent, as is Marek's very direct prose. I did enjoy the collection a lot.
I really like the surrealness of this collection of short stories, and there are some in here that will resonate with me for a long time. Unfortunately, I didn't think all the stories were made equally - some felt bizarre for the sake of it rather than to make an actual point, and even the endings of the best stories tended to drop off in a slightly inconclusive way. Nevertheless, the bizarreness and the concepts are excellent, as is Marek's very direct prose. I did enjoy the collection a lot.