Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders
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- ISBN13: 9780060515232
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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A mysterious circus terrifies an audience for one extraordinary performance before disappearing into the night . . .
Two teenage boys crash a party and meet the girls of their dreams—and nightmares . . .
In a Hugo Awardwinning tale, a fantastic detective must solve a most unsettling royal murder in a strangely altered Victorian England . . .
These marvelous creations and more showcase the unparalleled invention and storytelling brilliance—and the terrifyingly dark and entertaining wit—of the incomparable Neil Gaiman. By turns delightful, disturbing, and diverting, Fragile Things is a gift of literary enchantment from one of the most original writers of our time.
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Neil Gaiman is R.L. Stein with sex thrown in. A cat’s head gets stomped on in one of the tales. I can’t recommend this because of that. He is a sick freak, not in a fun way, and I feel terrible I supported him by buying this book. The tales start out fantastic (A study in emerald, October in the Chair, Fairy Reel) then get progressively worse, relying on cheap tricks, gore, and sex. I got to page 272, and then I just had enough of the crap, and hackneyed tales. If you want to read about stomping on a cat’s head then neil gaiman is for you. If you like that kind of thing I would hope you both die as soon as possible. Sorry to say Neil Gaiman has kids and his books are well loved enough that I dread its already too late. Don’t buy.
Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5
I like the review by the guy who hasn’t read the book yet but gives it 5 stars. Nice.
Most of the tales and all of the poems feel thin and tossed off. Sure, there are a few gems here (Sunbird, A Study in Emerald), but the rest place me adage, “So what. Huge deal. That’s the pay off? Whatever.”
In particular, tales like Closing Time. OK…and…? Let’s place things all vauge and mystersious!!! Ooooooh. Sorry, just too many like that. Blah. Yeah, I get the whole let-the-reader-do-the-calculus-in-their-head approach, but most of these one-trick-pony tales add up to less than zero. Like the one where the kid sees a creepy ghost. That’s it.
I reflect the tissue book take in will wear very poorly. Yeah, fragile, I get it. Better take in it in mylar or something.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
These fleeting tales and poems by an American master are haunting and fragile
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
I just bought this, so I haven’t had the time to read all the tales yet. But, what I have read, was classic Neil Gaiman, by which mean, very excellent. Every tale is amusing or disturbing, in only the way that Gaiman can write. He has an incredible imagination and a distinct voice.
Highlights: “The Day the Saucers Came” is a very amusing poem, although a small pathetic, while “Weird Small Girls” is based on the Tori Amos baby book of the same name and gave me the shivers when I read it.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
Except for the two tales “Goliath” and “The Monarch of the Glen”, a huge disappointment. I’d expected better from the leader of the brilliant “Neverwhere”, “Stardust”, “American Gods” and “Sandman”. Too many pointless or weird tales and literary experiments.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5