Review: Stunning!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 20, 2013
Wow! I'm not even sure how to classify this story, but then I think the current mania for putting everything into boxes is a bit silly anyway. Be that as it may, this story carries such a punch on so many levels! There's the animal story, always a winner of course. There's the overcoming of irrational fear. There's the worm turning. Normally there wouldn't be room for so many themes in one short story but somehow Robinson has achieved a kind of braid that allows them all the space they need. I was struck with the characterisation of Hannah - even the name Hannah shrieks nervousness, timidity etc - the whole thing is really, really well done. I'd be proud to have written it myself.