Review: Engaging Voice
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 27, 2011
The first story, for which the two-story collection is named, had a very Eastern European folklore-ish voice to me, which I really enjoyed.  It's nice to find an author with a distinct voice and style.The second story, The Reset Button, had some of the most interesting quirk details in it, like the people seemingly forgetting Linus every night.  It contributed to a mood of...quiet desperation...alienation...without being too heavy-handed with the theme.Both stories seemed like dissonant vignettes, my only qualm being that I thought they could have been longer.