thiefofcamorr's review
5.0
Katharine is a judge for the Aurealis Awards. This review is the personal opinion of Katharine herself, and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of any judging panel, the judging coordinator or the Aurealis Awards management team.
To be safe, I won't be recording my review here until after the AA are over.
To be safe, I won't be recording my review here until after the AA are over.
sophie_paterson's review
2.0
Difficult to review this one. There were some amazing stories and some I couldn't finish because I hated them so much!
jake_'s review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
3.0
Quite uneven compared to other short story collections I've read. Some of the stories are brilliant, especially those set in the world of the The Etched City and those inspired by magical realism or surrealism. Others are simply dull or too experimental to be enjoyable to read.
tregina's review
4.0
Beautiful, and wonderfully strange, with incredibly deft use of language. I'd read only one of the stories before so I had no idea what a joy I was in for. I seldom choose a favourite, but "Maldoror Abroad" and "Alsiso" are the ones that have really penetrated my brain and set up for the long haul.
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