A review by sullyisreading
Dogs and Monsters: Stories by Mark Haddon

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

A strong collection of short stories. I took a break just about mid-way through to space out one half of the stories from the other. I think as a whole I prefer the first half, although that isn't to say the second half of stories in the collection are bad - to the contrary, they're great, although I found their endings lacking.

I do have a saying though that it's better to have a bad ending than a good one. After all, if you liked the story being over, what does that say for the rest of the story?