Review: Left me wanting more
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 9, 2013
This set of short stories has a common theme of despair, underpinned by a fear which is never fully explained - compelling the reader to think more deeply about the subject matter than would be the case if the story had a neat and fully rounded lifespan. I found that this added an extra element to each tale. How did the world of this story come to be? How did the proponent reach this point?I liked the writing style and found it hauntingly descriptive of atmosphere as well as physical reality. The author manages to create an empathy for the characters, giving each one a very solid physical presence without actually providing much direction in this regard. And the worlds of these stories are deftly created, almost without the reader noticing how the character's experience becomes the reader's.I recommend this book without reservation.