Review: The Queen of Story-telling.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 1, 2012
I love finding something new from Christine Dougherty. I always know that I'm going to love whatever she has come up with. I wasn't disappointed with this collection of short stories, each one brilliant in it's own right. There is no guessing the ending of each tale as Christine Dougherty puts so much originality and imagination into each story.I would be hard pushed to decide on a favourite story. I found that they were all so different that they couldn't fairly be compared to one another. The story 'Hit' was slightly different to anything else I have ever read by Christine before. It wasn't her typical terrifying style but it was horrific all the same. It stirred up many emotions in me that I have never felt from reading a short story before. I loved 'Stephen King' but not being a King reader, I needed to do some research to 'get' the line that put the whole story into perspective. Once I understood the background, it became a killer tale. 'Kids Today' is also worthy of a mention, purely because I found it such a surreal story with such an original idea and a fantastic twist at the end.In conclusion, another amazing collection from one of my favourite writers! :)