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A review by pamwinkler
Cold Hand in Mine: Strange Stories by Robert Aickman
3.0
Overall, I don't think I like Robert Aickman's stuff very much. He's strange indeed, but everything seems very impersonal. Ligotti was very poetic and beautiful. Aickman is sparse, definitely strange, but lonely. Maybe I just hated most of the characters? In most horror stories, there's two ways to do it. Either you like the main characters and want to see them do well, or you hate them and want them to die. The sort of hate of these was a lot closer to annoyance and dislike, and no one seemed to quite suffer.
The Swords was interesting. Lonely and impersonal, like I said. Also, I felt like the narrator was lying, trying to make themselves look better and doing a poor job of it.
The Real Road to the Church was interesting, and I don't think I got it.
Niemandswasser was interesting, and very, very weird.
Pages from a Young Girl's Journal was not done in the way I expected, and pretty gothic in a way I didn't expect.
The Hospice - I've read this before. It made me faintly uncomfortable.
The Same Dog was odd.
Meeting Mr Millar was weird. I couldn't stand the main character.
The Clock Watcher was interesting.
The Swords was interesting. Lonely and impersonal, like I said. Also, I felt like the narrator was lying, trying to make themselves look better and doing a poor job of it.
The Real Road to the Church was interesting, and I don't think I got it.
Niemandswasser was interesting, and very, very weird.
Pages from a Young Girl's Journal was not done in the way I expected, and pretty gothic in a way I didn't expect.
The Hospice - I've read this before. It made me faintly uncomfortable.
The Same Dog was odd.
Meeting Mr Millar was weird. I couldn't stand the main character.
The Clock Watcher was interesting.