The Curiosities: A Collection of Stories
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781467700078 (146770007X)
Publish date: October 1st 2012
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
Pages no: 291
Edition language: English
Incredible. Normally, I can't stand short stories and flash fiction. I hate being ripped out of a world or away from characters too soon, hate the dangling, interpretative open endings, hate the overly refined clever little twists and touches.All of which to say, I stayed up until 4 am and finished ...
Overall, a good book. I did enjoy it, some stories more than others. I especially enjoyed all of the doodles and notes from the authors themselves. It was very insightful.
The Curiosities is a collection of mostly unedited short stories, complete with notes from the author that discuss their inspiration for the story, some of the reasons why they chose certain ideas, and what they were hoping to accomplish with it. I loved getting a glimpse into Maggie, Tessa, and Bre...
there are some really chewy stories here, and reading Yovanoff & Gratton's inclusions makes me want to read their longer works for sure.the only gripe I have is I found the banter and self-congratulatory talk grating after a while. I'm sure it's all valid, they did learn stuff from doing this, and I...
I'll admit it: I'm a Maggie Stiefvater fangirl.So yes, I was drawn in to The Curiosities by the promise of Stiefvater story-genius, but as soon as I started reading, I found myself falling--and falling hard--for both Brenna Yovanoff and Tessa Gratton. All three women contribute beautiful stories a...
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