It’s hard for me to characterize this book, because it’s not just a short story collection, but neither is it a novel. It’s a set of stories of which *most* have some connection with several others, in the setting or with recurring characters or in themes. These were mostly sweet and, yes dreamy, st...
This is an enjoyable collection of 19 linked short stories, of the sort of urban fantasy that mixes the ethereal and mundane. Just right for nighttime reading.De Lint is a prolific Canadian author who has written many books set in the fictional city of Newford, of which this is the first; most of th...
A collection of short stories that actually works very well as a 'novel.' They all share a setting and theme - that of troubled, often creative young people encountering myth and magic in the imaginary city of Newford. Having never been to either city, for some reason Newford conjures up a sort of c...
Absolutely stunning. I'm still somewhat mesmerised by this book, under its spell, having a hard time not picking it straight back up and reading it again (and only stopped from doing so because I lent it to someone else with the insistence that they read it immediately).This book doesn't really fit ...
Dreams Underfoot is truly magical. Modern folk tales turned fairy tales about everyday magic, the magic in the everyday, and with the recurring theme that you have to believe to see the world as it really is. Though I was at first disappointed to discover that this was a collection of short storie...
Dreams Underfoot is a collection of short stories about a group of interconnected people. Charles de Lint uses fantasy to talk about love, loss, hurt, life, cities, anything you can think about. I really enjoyed this collection of short stories, but what kept me from loving it was inconsistent qua...
This review is also available on my blog, Stumptown Books.Short stories, I have decided, are simply not my favorite medium. They don't offer up enough satisfaction or closure, and there's that obscurely frustrating first couple pages of a story when you don't know what is going on, and that happens...
Judging by the fact that it took me at least three years (if I recall correctly) to make it through this book, I don't know that I would recommend it as a good place to start with the Newford books. Every story quickly becomes very samey and less satisfying, like eating mouthful after mouthful of co...
Good reviews are always harder for me to write than bad ones. This book just sings to me--I love the sparse, clean prose; the engaging, three-dimensional characters; the twisted but familiar storylines and the city of Newford. I love that de Lint sets his urban fantasies in a Canadian city, which ...
A unique collection of short stories that feature the outcasts, eccentrics, and the unfortunate of the fictitious city of Newford. The theme of this collection is that our lives weave together with others. You meet one character learn a little, and than meet them six stories on. The stories move in ...
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