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Jun 20, 2019bogwolf rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
All the stories from this collection are well done, and a couple are astounding. (place holder... more review later) OK, I'm back - still in a quandary. Dreamlike, tapping into her sub-conscious or our collective unconscious? Maybe.…
May 26, 2015advega718 rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
I really wanted to enjoy all of these stories, but many were just dull . If the entire collection held up to the beauty that "The Wrong Grave" and "Wizards of Perfil" are...eating it up would have been a no brainer.
lib_apart
Dec 01, 2014
Link collects her short stories in this volume; some of them reprints from previous anthologies. Her writing style is straightforward and fantastical, somewhat dark, but better suited for younger audiences. Her stories combine things like…
May 30, 2013prolix rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This is a creepy, funny, clever collection of stories that will appeal to adults and teens. Recommended for fans of Neil Gaiman.
Jul 03, 2012c_anderson rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Creepy and marvellous.
May 11, 2011ORLReads_SalmonArmYouth rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
These stories are dark but funny. This was very enjoyable but won't appeal to all teens. It's complicated and post-modern with stories within stories within stories. There's a lot of metafiction, where the reader is made aware they are…
Aug 14, 2009lisabo rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Amazingly inventive,and wonderfully stylish, Pretty Monsters is a short story collection not to be missed.