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What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours
by Helen Oyeyemi
This collection of short stories is probably either a hit or a miss for the reader.
For me it was the right kind of everything. The right kind of wonder, the right kind of realistic yet magical story components, the right kind of protagonists and familiar yet foreign settings.
The stories are all intertwined without building on each other and give the reader little glimpses into the larger world - never showing him the whole picture. Every short story felt complete yet left some sort of mystery open to the imagination. To me it felt like an assortment of small desserts, each with its own interesting flavour.
I can imagine though that this is not for everyone. Especially so since I also read a collection of short stories the other day that all ended in the completely wrong spot for me. Here, too, the reader can be left wondering if there really is a bigger reveal that he is barely just missing.
For me it was the right kind of everything. The right kind of wonder, the right kind of realistic yet magical story components, the right kind of protagonists and familiar yet foreign settings.
The stories are all intertwined without building on each other and give the reader little glimpses into the larger world - never showing him the whole picture. Every short story felt complete yet left some sort of mystery open to the imagination. To me it felt like an assortment of small desserts, each with its own interesting flavour.
I can imagine though that this is not for everyone. Especially so since I also read a collection of short stories the other day that all ended in the completely wrong spot for me. Here, too, the reader can be left wondering if there really is a bigger reveal that he is barely just missing.