A review by sanmeow
The Doll's Alphabet by Camilla Grudova

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

4.0

lots of different elements here, which is expected of a short story collection. many stories were feminist and discussed the oppression of women, which was insightful. many were just weird (in a good way) and entertained me. i liked the writing style, it's very descriptive and sometimes dreamy, fitting for surrealist literature. the descriptiveness was probably my favorite part of the whole collection - i could clearly see and imagine everything the author was talking about. sometimes i felt like the author went too far with the bizarre elements, as if they served no purpose other than to shock you or weird you out. but that's alright just because it wasn't overwhelming, only occurred in a few stories. personal favorite was definitely agata's machine.