Reviews

Straw House, Wood House, Brick House, Blow, by Daniel Nayeri

blurhima's review against another edition

4.0

A bit uneven at times, but overall I enjoyed these stories. Quirky and interesting. I like Nayeri's imagination.

leah25loveslife's review against another edition

4.0

My rating for this book is more like 3.7 stars, because although the latter three novellas were lovely, it was a little difficult to get through Straw House. Perhaps this was more a fault on my part, as I did enjoy the story and the slightly dark humour, but I think I'm just not made to read westerns.

Otherwise, I quite enjoyed my first foray into reading Daniel Nayeri's books, and look forward to reading his series of teenagers in New York, just as soon as I've read the originals.

taylorzeb's review against another edition

2.0

2.5 stars

shadyglade's review against another edition

This book was weird. What can I say? This one took me a long time to get through. I didn't really like the first story much at all. The second gave me a lot to think about, and those who love dystopian stuff will probably enjoy it. The third one was an interesting concept, but lagged a lot in the middle.

But the last story... wow. I don't think I've laughed that hard in forever. So many good quotes. I had to share them with family members I was busting up so hard. It totally brought it from a 3 star to a 4 star for me.

On a side note, I don't understand the title at all. But it could be so full of symbolism it went over my head

leahhortin's review

1.0

There are no words for how terrible this book was. Maybe I just didn't "get" it or something but I could barely make it through. And it's pretty short.