![]() Often, fiction focusing on creative endeavors can be dull or confusing when shrunk down to words, and happily, these weren't. I also appreciated the variety of ekphrastic stories, centering on other forms of art, like music and painting. I'd say they deserved the plaudits personally, "Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather" was a particularly fascinating blend of internet culture and folklore. I hadn't realized it, but I had read one of these stories before ("A Better Way of Saying") all the rest were new to me, though I'd heard of some of them as award-winners. ![]() I actually enjoyed these stories, and I think I might want to try another collection by Pinsker. Oddly, that was not my experience this time. ![]() ![]() Almost every time, I have to force myself to get through the volume. This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers.I usually don't like short fiction but keep trying it anyway, hoping each time that the experience won't be too uneven, disjointed, and/or unpleasant (why do short stories seem to end ambiguous-to-unhappy so often?). ![]()
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