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A review by sara_beth_11
North American Lake Monsters by Nathan Ballingrud
3.0
This short story collection got good reviews, and it was good...but not great. The book was described by reviewers as a sort of combination of horror and literary fiction, with an emphasis on the literary fiction.
I expected smart stories about the everyday horrors that can people suffer through, and this is exactly what I got. I got George Saunders with dash of Stephen King. So this collection was good, and the stories within were exactly as advertised, but not the transcendent second coming of Shirley Jackson that I'd hoped for.
I expected smart stories about the everyday horrors that can people suffer through, and this is exactly what I got. I got George Saunders with dash of Stephen King. So this collection was good, and the stories within were exactly as advertised, but not the transcendent second coming of Shirley Jackson that I'd hoped for.