francesmthompson's review
4.0
Does exactly what it says on its eye-catching cover... tells short and sometimes bitter, sometimes sweet tales of change.
Much of the collection tells stories of family and relationships and as a collection they offer a great introduction to flash fiction. While some are simple tales of lessons learned, people lost, others loved, many stories stand out thanks to Young's use of magical realism (more, please!) and more than a few sting-in-the-tale style twists, which for me is the real secret weapon in this genre. I should also mention how funny many of the stories were; I found myself smiling to myself much of the way through.
My favourites were The Alchemy of Chocolate, Clean Linen and Time Out.
I hope this is the first of many collections!
Much of the collection tells stories of family and relationships and as a collection they offer a great introduction to flash fiction. While some are simple tales of lessons learned, people lost, others loved, many stories stand out thanks to Young's use of magical realism (more, please!) and more than a few sting-in-the-tale style twists, which for me is the real secret weapon in this genre. I should also mention how funny many of the stories were; I found myself smiling to myself much of the way through.
My favourites were The Alchemy of Chocolate, Clean Linen and Time Out.
I hope this is the first of many collections!
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