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The Magic Toyshop by Angela Carter
5.0

Before reading The Magic Toyshop, I had read Heroes & Villains by Angela Carter (which I did not care for) and the short-story collection The Bloody Chamber (which I liked), so going into this one I was a little bit apprehensive; I felt it might be hit or miss. The first chapter I had to work through, but after that I was completely hooked.

I loved the descriptions of the toyshop and the toys in it. The story is peculiar, following a dark fairy-tale logic, and that I loved, too.