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A review by namnam84
Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions by Neil Gaiman
3.0
I'm actually being kind (out of guilt, mostly) by giving this book 3 stars. I should give it 2 and a 1/2.
I really wanted to enjoy this book but I found the stories a bit underwhelming. The only story I liked was the one with the Holy Grail, and that too I would describe as sweet and funny rather than spooky. Maybe I was undone by my expectations of this book - I thought the stories would be scary, but they were at best vaguely intriguing. The ideas for most were good, the stories did hook me at the beginning, but they never really took off.
I should confess that I did not read the poems - it was a mood thing, nothing to do with the quality of the poems.
Not as good as I thought it would be.
I really wanted to enjoy this book but I found the stories a bit underwhelming. The only story I liked was the one with the Holy Grail, and that too I would describe as sweet and funny rather than spooky. Maybe I was undone by my expectations of this book - I thought the stories would be scary, but they were at best vaguely intriguing. The ideas for most were good, the stories did hook me at the beginning, but they never really took off.
I should confess that I did not read the poems - it was a mood thing, nothing to do with the quality of the poems.
Not as good as I thought it would be.