Reviews

Granta 123: The Best of Young British Novelists 4, by Steven Hall, John Freeman, Kamila Shamsie

novellenovels's review

slow-paced

2.0

kram's review

2.0

I had it in my head that this would be a collection of short stories, it being Granta, but there were only a few - the rest being excerpts of forthcoming novels. And I can't say that reading excerpts of novels is particularly satisfying - I find I never feel the urge to invest fully in it. Which made this a chore to read. There were a few standouts, but nothing majority exciting.

vanessav's review

3.0

I'm now looking forward to reading "Boy, Snow, Bird" anf "End of Endings" once they are published.
Also. "Submersion" was my first reading experience with Second Person Narration. It feels really weird and immerges you into the story more than any First or Third Person Narration I have ever read by identifying with a 'you' in the text.

bookmarchitect's review

4.0

An excellent way to keep in touch with new British literature. My only complaint is about the audiobook production: in a long, segmented book like this, it would have been nice to follow the list of contents on the display of my device: the audio file chapters should have stated which author and which book was currently playing.