Review: Great laughs!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 19, 2012
I enjoyed reading this collection of short stories & poems; especially the poems. I found myself laughing out loud at certain parts of some stories. Some of my favorites were: Everlasting Fire (the part about the office party & their Secret Satans), Under the Pyramids (this was a poem), and I thought it was written beautifully. It reminded me of Edgar Alan Poe's 'The Raven'; not that they're similar in context, but just by the style in which it was written. I also liked: The Uncharted Isles, The Sailor, Singles Bar, which starts with the following sentence: "No one said anything about his new shirt. Well, no one other than the pretzels. But they had to. They were complimentary snacks"; and Diamanda and the Isles of Wives, to mention just a few. Here are some of my highlights in the book; from Everlasting Fire: "If I am to be ironically punished for punishign others ironically, does this not mean that you will be likewise punished for punishing me?"; from - The Prince of the Howling Forest: When you run out of tears and your heart turns to stone and the fangs of the wind bite your body and bone, and you squat in the darkness afraid and alone, I will have borne worse in the forest." I think this was my fav quote. From The Morning Post: "He'd been invited to a bondage party. He couldn't go: he was tied up." A great collection for a few laughs, sarcasm, wittiness, enjoyable. =)