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(3.74/5)A Rollercoaster of a Read
Although I thoroughly enjoyed the first story in this volume, it ended far too soon and the following two sadly paled in comparison. That being said, they still made for an enjoyable read, filled with mystery and that same page-turning I've come to expect from this author.
I found this novel to contain a fair bit of obscure vocabulary, and I did find myself settling to skim and get the gist of some passages, rather than look every word up. For that reason, I am giving it only three stars for l
3 short stories that are mildly unsettling without every really touching horror. The first two were enjoyable but the last one tanked this from 4 to 3 stars for me.
The author has a very straight forward writing style, and while there is a spread of vocab in the book it's fairly scattered rather than dense. A good read for someone starting out and wants more manageable short chunks to read rather than an entire novel.
Interesting short stories, but not life-changing
This book comes with three short stories, all of which are written on very interesting concepts. However, the first two short stories just failed to grab my attention, and I ended up taking long breaks while reading them. I couldn't get off the ground, really. The third short story, though, was very good. I was enrapt in it from beginning to end. If the other two stories were as pregnant with dramatic irony and misdirection and genuine curiosity as this one was, I would have given the book 5/5 o