Review: Some Enthralling and Some Not So Much... Plus a Book that Drives People Mad
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 28, 2014
I read this because of the connection to TRUE DETECTIVE and found some of the stories amazing, enthralling, inspiring and devious. But some of the others were weaker. The opening story, set in an entirely wild 19th century futuristic conception of Manhattan between Union and Washington Square is fabulous. It is truly scary. The stories about the artists and models living in Paris and unable to resist the lure of a book known to drive people mad is also top notch, Poe-like fun. The last few stories, including a life under siege during war and an Edith Wharton-ish tale of ex-pat artists are much less intriguing.