thomasgoddard's review
3.0
I like the shorter pieces better. It's a little... shallow is the wrong word. It's a good read. There just isn't much of a depth to it. It's got some really lovely sentences. I think it's a lovely pretty read. It's surreal, engaging and funny. But it isn't going to give you a second meal. Which is a shame. I think that it needed more work shopping of the pieces to really hone in on the core and deepen things a bit beyond the superficial.
Because it is about preference. I like my work to really dig down into the meat and bone of human experience. And this feels like it is trying to say something and doesn't really hit the target. I think the writer might be young. I haven't looked. If he's old, I'm sorry. But this feels like young writing before life has really gotten its teeth into you and thrown your body around a bit.
The last story in the collection was a lot more on point. It has an emotional throb to it. Beautiful.
My assessment is that the rest of it was fun to read, but not something I would return to. It was surreal and funny and a beautiful in places. But it didn't really have the emotional depth that I look for in the stuff I read.
If all the stories were short, it would be ideal for quick blasts of light lit. But there's a few longer ones that I think are just a little too long for their own good. Except the last story, that one did make up for its length with a great bite of fantastic.
This is a great book for a long train journey or to dip into on a commute.
Because it is about preference. I like my work to really dig down into the meat and bone of human experience. And this feels like it is trying to say something and doesn't really hit the target. I think the writer might be young. I haven't looked. If he's old, I'm sorry. But this feels like young writing before life has really gotten its teeth into you and thrown your body around a bit.
The last story in the collection was a lot more on point. It has an emotional throb to it. Beautiful.
My assessment is that the rest of it was fun to read, but not something I would return to. It was surreal and funny and a beautiful in places. But it didn't really have the emotional depth that I look for in the stuff I read.
If all the stories were short, it would be ideal for quick blasts of light lit. But there's a few longer ones that I think are just a little too long for their own good. Except the last story, that one did make up for its length with a great bite of fantastic.
This is a great book for a long train journey or to dip into on a commute.
whogivesabook's review
3.0
I like the shorter pieces better. It's a little... shallow is the wrong word. It's a good read. There just isn't much of a depth to it. It's got some really lovely sentences. I think it's a lovely pretty read. It's surreal, engaging and funny. But it isn't going to give you a second meal. Which is a shame. I think that it needed more work shopping of the pieces to really hone in on the core and deepen things a bit beyond the superficial.
Because it is about preference. I like my work to really dig down into the meat and bone of human experience. And this feels like it is trying to say something and doesn't really hit the target. I think the writer might be young. I haven't looked. If he's old, I'm sorry. But this feels like young writing before life has really gotten its teeth into you and thrown your body around a bit.
The last story in the collection was a lot more on point. It has an emotional throb to it. Beautiful.
My assessment is that the rest of it was fun to read, but not something I would return to. It was surreal and funny and a beautiful in places. But it didn't really have the emotional depth that I look for in the stuff I read.
If all the stories were short, it would be ideal for quick blasts of light lit. But there's a few longer ones that I think are just a little too long for their own good. Except the last story, that one did make up for its length with a great bite of fantastic.
This is a great book for a long train journey or to dip into on a commute.
Because it is about preference. I like my work to really dig down into the meat and bone of human experience. And this feels like it is trying to say something and doesn't really hit the target. I think the writer might be young. I haven't looked. If he's old, I'm sorry. But this feels like young writing before life has really gotten its teeth into you and thrown your body around a bit.
The last story in the collection was a lot more on point. It has an emotional throb to it. Beautiful.
My assessment is that the rest of it was fun to read, but not something I would return to. It was surreal and funny and a beautiful in places. But it didn't really have the emotional depth that I look for in the stuff I read.
If all the stories were short, it would be ideal for quick blasts of light lit. But there's a few longer ones that I think are just a little too long for their own good. Except the last story, that one did make up for its length with a great bite of fantastic.
This is a great book for a long train journey or to dip into on a commute.
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