Review: A great collection!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 17, 2014
I finished reading Nine Lives last night. I've been reading these stories most evenings lately and I think I can honestly say I found every one of them neat and truly satisfying. I've only recently started reading short stories, but I love the genre now - if they are good - and Terry Tyler's Nine Lives are really good. It's hard to say which one I liked best, but I think probably Mia, because the ending was such a surprise (brilliant!) and I loved Happy Birthday as well (very fitting for the last life). But that's not to say I thought any less of the others. I didn't. Angel also had a great twist at the end, and I wanted to die in We All Fall Down. I was dreading what was going to happen. Terry Tyler is immensely skilled at bringing normal people to life. You feel as if you know them yourself, but maybe that's because we've all known people like them. Her characters are real, flawed and familiar, and these stories are also about very familiar situations but always with an unexpected twist. Extremely well-written and cleverly crafted, Nine Lives fulfil everything I expect (or hope for) in short stories. Even though I know the endings now, I am certain I'll come back to these again. Well done Ms T!