A review by ashleykwbooks
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman
5.0
“There are monsters on these pages.”
I’m giving this a 5 star, although at times I felt it was more a 4 star read. Think of it what you will.
I read reviews on this before I bought it, since this was my first encounter with Neil Gaiman’s work, and one said these stories had no right being in the same book together. To that person: I think you are wrong.
Trigger Warnings (very accurately named btw) is filled with monsters. Sometimes it’s an obvious monster, and other times it’s that slippery, slimy, heart pumping in anxious nerves feeling associated with a different kind of monster.
Some stories I loved like; Calendar of Tales, Black Dog, Click-Clack the Rattlebag, “The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains”, Feminine Endings, The Sleeper and the Spindle, among others.
Some I found off putting or just plain confusing. By the end I was unsure what to think of that particular story.
My favorite part though was after each story I would skip back to the prologue and read the few paragraphs or short sentences used by Neil to describe the story in some way. What inspired him to write it or why. I found that part extremely interesting.
Overall, I do not regret buying this book and quite honestly a book filled with short stories was refreshing. I didn’t have to put time aside to commit to a long endeavor trying to remember everything happening between everyday life. I could sit down be transported to a world somewhat like our own only different... a little wrong... read about a person and be done. Move on to the next tale.
I highly recommend! But be warned the title is Trigger Warnings for a reason and these tales are not for the faint of heart.
I’m giving this a 5 star, although at times I felt it was more a 4 star read. Think of it what you will.
I read reviews on this before I bought it, since this was my first encounter with Neil Gaiman’s work, and one said these stories had no right being in the same book together. To that person: I think you are wrong.
Trigger Warnings (very accurately named btw) is filled with monsters. Sometimes it’s an obvious monster, and other times it’s that slippery, slimy, heart pumping in anxious nerves feeling associated with a different kind of monster.
Some stories I loved like; Calendar of Tales, Black Dog, Click-Clack the Rattlebag, “The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains”, Feminine Endings, The Sleeper and the Spindle, among others.
Some I found off putting or just plain confusing. By the end I was unsure what to think of that particular story.
My favorite part though was after each story I would skip back to the prologue and read the few paragraphs or short sentences used by Neil to describe the story in some way. What inspired him to write it or why. I found that part extremely interesting.
Overall, I do not regret buying this book and quite honestly a book filled with short stories was refreshing. I didn’t have to put time aside to commit to a long endeavor trying to remember everything happening between everyday life. I could sit down be transported to a world somewhat like our own only different... a little wrong... read about a person and be done. Move on to the next tale.
I highly recommend! But be warned the title is Trigger Warnings for a reason and these tales are not for the faint of heart.