by Kelly Link
Pretty Monsters is a collection of short stories from author Kelly Link. They range from fantastic stories I wish were full length novels to stories wrapped up neatly. None of the monsters were cut and dry monsters but were generally misunderstood or had a sense of humour. My personal favourites are...
Frustrantemente buena colección. Kelly Link tiene una original y divertida forma de escribir, pero muchas veces no llega a ningun lado con sus historias o añade elementos que le quitan todo el mérito, como alguien contando un muy buen chiste pero riéndose mientras lo hace."The wizards of Persil" y "...
I'd come across a few stories by Link in anthologies, and that was enough to make me excited to pick up this book at the store.Unfortunately, I think every story I'd already read by Link was in this book. That's OK, though, because these stories are all good enough to read at least twice.The Wrong G...
Loved every single story in this collection. Some more than others -- my absolute favorite was "Magic for Beginners" -- but the book as a whole confirmed my affection for Kelly Link. "The Constable of Abal" (also found in a short story collection called The Coyote Road) and the titular story were pr...
I read one of Kelly Link's other books, Magic for Beginners, way back in January 2009 and I only gave it three stars. (Complete with bonus debate on the term 'magic-realism' thanks to Caris.) I just couldn't get into it, and I felt bad, because I felt as though something in all of those stories was ...
There were only about 4 good stories in the book if you don't include the one that's a repeat from another of her books of short stories. I'm not even going to bother reviewing beyond that because it was just too "eh".
This was such a wonderful surprise. I found this almost by accident while browsing the shelves at Waterstone and it took me a while to finally read it but I'm very glad I did. I liked most of the short stories--The Wizards of Perfil and Magic for Beginners were particularly enchanting--a couple were...
Pretty Monsters is technically a YA collection because most of the main characters are young adults, but Kelly Link's short stories are as good as any literary fiction. There is some horror and urban fantasy here and a touch of SF, but Link's stories are mostly about her rich use of language and he...
I'm really glad someone turned me on to Kelly Link. She's a gifted storyteller whose work is often pegged as fantasy or light horror (I say "light" because I could never stomach real horror), but in fact runs the gamut from science fiction to fairy tale to some really interesting magical realism wit...
I really love Kelly Links writing style, humorous, fantastical, yet somewhat dark. This book would have five stars next to it, if it weren't from some loose ended-endings. Sometimes I like that in a book, but in this book of short stories I found it rather frustrating. My favorites were, "Magic for ...
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