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A review by amia
The Uncanny Valley: Tales from a Lost Town by Gregory Miller
5.0
I LOVE this book! The Uncanny Valley: Tales from a Lost Town (The Uncanny Chronicles Book 1) is superb. I've already purchased Darkness in the Valley: An Uncanny Dossier (The Uncanny Chronicles Book 2) and intend to start reading it this afternoon. My to-be-read stack just got reorganized and that almost never happens.
This appears to be a collection of 33 short stories written by 33 residents of Uncanny Valley. Appearances can be deceiving.
Awesome and amazing. I would never have been able to follow this maze, which is cleverly hiding the path, to its totally surprising conclusion without the marvelous talent and imagination of Gregory Miller, author. Kudos to John York, the illustrator.
I did notice that on Amazon there are 325 reviews which average to 4.5 stars!!!! Pretty incredible, right. The odd thing is that there are five reviews that rate this little gem at 1 star. The only reason I am pointing ☝️ this out is because I think I know why and want, very much, to explain my hypothesis. If I am correct and you take this one tiny step of prevention, you will not be tempted to rate this fine collection with anything other than 4 or 5 stars.
And that tiny step is so simple. Just read the, very short, Prologue completely, with your full attention directed on it's message. There are some extremely important tidbits contained therein. And without that information I would probably not have finished reading the book. And that would have been a terrible thing because I would have missed out on one of the most creative books I have ever read.
So, if you are still here, reading my review, stop wasting your time and go get this book. I sincerely hope that you enjoy it as much as I did.
This appears to be a collection of 33 short stories written by 33 residents of Uncanny Valley. Appearances can be deceiving.
Awesome and amazing. I would never have been able to follow this maze, which is cleverly hiding the path, to its totally surprising conclusion without the marvelous talent and imagination of Gregory Miller, author. Kudos to John York, the illustrator.
I did notice that on Amazon there are 325 reviews which average to 4.5 stars!!!! Pretty incredible, right. The odd thing is that there are five reviews that rate this little gem at 1 star. The only reason I am pointing ☝️ this out is because I think I know why and want, very much, to explain my hypothesis. If I am correct and you take this one tiny step of prevention, you will not be tempted to rate this fine collection with anything other than 4 or 5 stars.
And that tiny step is so simple. Just read the, very short, Prologue completely, with your full attention directed on it's message. There are some extremely important tidbits contained therein. And without that information I would probably not have finished reading the book. And that would have been a terrible thing because I would have missed out on one of the most creative books I have ever read.
So, if you are still here, reading my review, stop wasting your time and go get this book. I sincerely hope that you enjoy it as much as I did.