A splendid collection from one of my authors. Will give mini-synopses/reviews of the stories.A Study in Emerald - Wow! I don't know if I've ever read a better short story in my life. Written for an anthology of stories where the world of Sherlock Holmes meets the world of H.P. Lovecraft, Gaiman's ta...
Unfortunately, I picked up The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making in the middle of reading this collection, and it threw Gaiman's shortcomings and my reactions into sharp relief. Gaiman's clever, no doubt. But this is a mostly almost-horror collection of short story ideas...
I feel like Neil Gaiman is one of those authors where most people either love him or hate him... but I only like him very, very much.Does that make any sense? Probably not.Anyway, there are some amazing stories here. There are also some that I could do without, like the short bits written for a Tori...
Full review/Пълно ревю - Bla bla bla"Чупливи неща" е колекция от къси разкази и "чудеса" като жанровете са главно фентъзи, фантастика, хорър. В "Етюд в изумрудено" се срещат световете на Шерлок Холмс и Ктхулу. В "Забранени невести на роби без лица в тайната къща на страховитото желание", в една обър...
Usually I swallow anything by Neil whole. Instead I found myself nibbling on this volume like a delicacy. Reading a story here and there and I think I enjoyed it a lot more.I had already read a few of these and I really have to repeat how much I love A Study in Emerald. I have to qualify that thoug...
I've read this book, and I've also listened to it on tape, multiple times. This is one of the audiobooks I keep in my car at all times, because I may want to randomly hear one of the stories. There's a good variety here, too, so I can be spooked or amused or enchanted off the same audiobook. Picking...
I really enjoyed this collection of stories. I listened to the audiobook version read by the author himself, which I think added quite a bit to the experience. It's been my experience that authors who read their own stories as audiobooks are generally not the best. While it's true that they know the...
When he is good, he is very, very good.... when he is not-so-good, he is horrid. Not the writing, the subject matter--some of which is, after all, horrid.On balance, it's 2-and-a-bit; but since it's Neil Gaiman, it gets three stars.My favorites are:A Study in EmeraldOctober in the Chair Good Boys ...
It seems wrong and somewhat sad that my favorite Gaiman book is not one of his many heralded novels, but a collection of short stories. Mind you, Fragile Things is a great collection of short stories! Some of the content herein is much more "adult" than a good deal of his other work, which can tend ...
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