justabookholic's review against another edition
2.0
Not my cup of tea.
An odd collection of short stories that encapsulates the worst and most utterly mundane parts of human nature. A majority if not all the stories within this book involve murder, sex, assault (physical or sexual or both), and an air of casualness in the writing that gave me an uncomfortable feelings of how unnerving each perceptive was. The normalcy of each murder and the descriptions that perfectly paint an image of real life in each story is to be praised. The author did an amazing job in creating highly believable scenarios. However, that in itself was why the short stories were so unsettling; I would like to state there are a great deal of triggering topics in this short book from the obvious murder to mental illness/suicide to even casual mentions of child rape. There is also a fair amount of stories focusing on sexual content, and by that I mean the worst aspects of sexuality from shame to sexual assault. It was a book that, despite the fact I didn't enjoy it, I couldn't stop reading due to sheer curiosity and horror.
An odd collection of short stories that encapsulates the worst and most utterly mundane parts of human nature. A majority if not all the stories within this book involve murder, sex, assault (physical or sexual or both), and an air of casualness in the writing that gave me an uncomfortable feelings of how unnerving each perceptive was. The normalcy of each murder and the descriptions that perfectly paint an image of real life in each story is to be praised. The author did an amazing job in creating highly believable scenarios. However, that in itself was why the short stories were so unsettling; I would like to state there are a great deal of triggering topics in this short book from the obvious murder to mental illness/suicide to even casual mentions of child rape. There is also a fair amount of stories focusing on sexual content, and by that I mean the worst aspects of sexuality from shame to sexual assault. It was a book that, despite the fact I didn't enjoy it, I couldn't stop reading due to sheer curiosity and horror.
juniperusxx's review against another edition
4.0
Olipa mainiota kuunneltavaa äänikirjana, pidin Eeva-Maria Mutkan kertojanäänestä tosi paljon - varsinkin murrekieliset jutut olivat ihania! Kaikessa pimeydessään ja outoudessaan pidin myös Liksomin tarinoiden sisällöistä, mukana muutamia varsin helmiä :)
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