Helpful Score: 2
Hmmm... To actually take the time to review a book, there really has to be something amazing about it. Not that I'm lazy, I just value my time. And if you value yours as well as money worth being spent, then this is a great book for you.
I got tired of waiting for this book to become avialable on this site so I broke down and bought it. I'm so glad I did.
Usually, when you have a book of short stories, they are not worth reading. Usually the art is beautiful if it happens to be a graphic novel artist but other than that, you wind up no more emotionally invested in what happens at the end of the story, then when you had first read the beginning line. I think some authors forget that when dealing with short story, everything that is said or done needs to work overtime to mean multiple things or express a deep impression of that person or the situation. You have to have enough common thread to connect with the reader emotionally, so that the story pulls them in quickly and leaves them a little breathless in the end.
This author, however, seemed the impatient type that seems like she can't finish anything. Perhaps the concentrated intense 'shine and leave' behavior is what makes her such a compelling short story writer. I don't know.
All I can say is the stories were not only beautiful to look at, but excruciatingly well told. I only wish I could read Japanese kanji and katana so that I could read the doushin that must have followed in its wake.
Needless to say, I'll not be posting my copy on this site either. You'll have to get it yourself! :P
I got tired of waiting for this book to become avialable on this site so I broke down and bought it. I'm so glad I did.
Usually, when you have a book of short stories, they are not worth reading. Usually the art is beautiful if it happens to be a graphic novel artist but other than that, you wind up no more emotionally invested in what happens at the end of the story, then when you had first read the beginning line. I think some authors forget that when dealing with short story, everything that is said or done needs to work overtime to mean multiple things or express a deep impression of that person or the situation. You have to have enough common thread to connect with the reader emotionally, so that the story pulls them in quickly and leaves them a little breathless in the end.
This author, however, seemed the impatient type that seems like she can't finish anything. Perhaps the concentrated intense 'shine and leave' behavior is what makes her such a compelling short story writer. I don't know.
All I can say is the stories were not only beautiful to look at, but excruciatingly well told. I only wish I could read Japanese kanji and katana so that I could read the doushin that must have followed in its wake.
Needless to say, I'll not be posting my copy on this site either. You'll have to get it yourself! :P
