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A review by jenpaul13
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman
4.0
Some stories may be unsettling, but those are often the ones that are likely to stick with you and form some sort of lasting impact. Spanning a variety of genres and story forms, Trigger Warning by Neil Gaiman includes an array of fiction narratives, fairy tales, and poems to entertain, and haunt, readers.
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As in any anthology, there are stories that are stronger than others, impacting the overall impression of the collection composed. This particular collection of narratives is rather loosely connected to a central theme, leaving it as a less than entirely cohesive whole; Gaiman is without a doubt a highly skilled and revered writer, filling these pages with assortment of stories that appeal to various reader's tastes and demonstrate his talent of telling tales across diverse formats and genres. Personally, I thoroughly enjoyed the Doctor Who story included as it easily conveyed the Doctor's and Amy's recognizable characters in an eerie situation immensely fitting of the show, "The Sleeper and the Spindle" for its take on and development of Sleeping Beauty that feeds my fascination with fairy tales, and "The Man Who Remembered Ray Bradbury" for the beautifully haunting way it depicted deterioration of verbal capacity and tracked a thought's rambling progression.
Overall, I'd give it a 3.5 out of 5 stars.
To read this, and other book reviews, visit my website: http://makinggoodstories.wordpress.com/.
As in any anthology, there are stories that are stronger than others, impacting the overall impression of the collection composed. This particular collection of narratives is rather loosely connected to a central theme, leaving it as a less than entirely cohesive whole; Gaiman is without a doubt a highly skilled and revered writer, filling these pages with assortment of stories that appeal to various reader's tastes and demonstrate his talent of telling tales across diverse formats and genres. Personally, I thoroughly enjoyed the Doctor Who story included as it easily conveyed the Doctor's and Amy's recognizable characters in an eerie situation immensely fitting of the show, "The Sleeper and the Spindle" for its take on and development of Sleeping Beauty that feeds my fascination with fairy tales, and "The Man Who Remembered Ray Bradbury" for the beautifully haunting way it depicted deterioration of verbal capacity and tracked a thought's rambling progression.
Overall, I'd give it a 3.5 out of 5 stars.