A review by vsbedford
Monstrous Little Voices: New Tales From Shakespeare's Fantasy World by Jonathan Barnes

2.0

It's a bit unfair to give this collection of fantasy stories inspired by Shakespeare only two stars, but this rubbed me the wrong way from the first few pages. I'm a fantasy reader (high, low, urban, whatever), so I don't think my reaction was based purely on subject matter, but rather the funky writing; if the only way an author can indicate jumps in time (or has the necessity to) is to write half the story in italics, that author has some serious problems with the strength of the story he or she is telling and the way they are telling it. A good idea with middling to poor execution.

I received an ecopy from the publishers and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.