It's quite a dark, depressing book with only a few stories which had an uplifting outcome. The stories ranged from curious twists to some with an 'is that it' ending. In the introduction the author says that some of his ideas came from just putting two random words together and, to be honest, that would sum up this book, entirely random with flashes of inspiration. As Jen put it, 'he has nailed the odd concept'.
We agreed on the best and worst stories: the worst being 'All in the Telling' and the best were 'We Who Walk Through Walls' and 'Love in the Time of Molyneux'.
Concept: 7/10
Plot: 5/10
Characters: n/a
Ending: n/a
Cover: 3/10
Slap: The author!
Overall Total: 5/10
After reading this collection of short stories, we decided to take a breather from them for the moment and so we will not be reading 'Fifty Great Short Stories' for June. We will read this later in the year.
We chose our next book from the following:
- How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran
- American Gods by Neil Gaiman
- Great House by Nicole Krauss
- Tinkers by Paul Harding
Our next meeting will be on Wednesday 9th May, 8pm at Susie's house. The theme for book reviews will be diamonds, in celebration of the Queen's Jubilee. Be as random as you like.
Our book of the year 2011-12 was voted as 'A Town Like Alice' by Nevil Shute.
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