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A review by lauraeydmann82
Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders by Neil Gaiman
5.0
I’m relatively late to the game when it comes to Neil Gaiman. I’ve only read a few books – Good Omens was the first – but I’m trying to catch up now I’ve discovered how amazing he is.
My dad bought me “Smoke and Mirrors” for Christmas last year, and I loved it. So a few months back, with an Amazon gift card burning a hole in my pocket, I bought this. And it’s just as good.
I read a lot of this book on my own at home – which added to the creepiness of the stories, and made me enjoy it even more… and some of them really are creepy. I love Gaiman’s style of writing, and I find his imagination is so fantastic, the stories are always brilliant, interesting, and unusual.
Some specific highlights from this book include: “Closing Time” – a ghost story told by some friends in a little club at closing time… the ending really got to me on this one! “The Problem with Susan” – which I really enjoyed as the Narnia books are very close to my heart, and I’ve always thought it was very unfair that Susan missed out on heaven because she grew up and was a girl! “Goliath” was a wonderful take on the Matrix story – well written and beautiful, and “The Day the Saucers Came” which was just brilliant – I didn’t expect it at all.
I love short stories and Neil Gaiman is quickly becoming my go-to author of the moment, it’s taking most of my willpower not to go onto Amazon and order his entire back catalogue… these stories are great, and this will be on and off the bookcase for years to come to dip into or to immerse myself on a cold winter’s night.
My dad bought me “Smoke and Mirrors” for Christmas last year, and I loved it. So a few months back, with an Amazon gift card burning a hole in my pocket, I bought this. And it’s just as good.
I read a lot of this book on my own at home – which added to the creepiness of the stories, and made me enjoy it even more… and some of them really are creepy. I love Gaiman’s style of writing, and I find his imagination is so fantastic, the stories are always brilliant, interesting, and unusual.
Some specific highlights from this book include: “Closing Time” – a ghost story told by some friends in a little club at closing time… the ending really got to me on this one! “The Problem with Susan” – which I really enjoyed as the Narnia books are very close to my heart, and I’ve always thought it was very unfair that Susan missed out on heaven because she grew up and was a girl! “Goliath” was a wonderful take on the Matrix story – well written and beautiful, and “The Day the Saucers Came” which was just brilliant – I didn’t expect it at all.
I love short stories and Neil Gaiman is quickly becoming my go-to author of the moment, it’s taking most of my willpower not to go onto Amazon and order his entire back catalogue… these stories are great, and this will be on and off the bookcase for years to come to dip into or to immerse myself on a cold winter’s night.