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Thursday, January 10, 2008
Down to a Sunless Sea
Down to a Sunless Sea is one of the most unusual short story collections that I have ever read. What makes this collection different from most is the way that Matt Freese varies his writing style from story to story to match the mental state and speaking style of each of his main characters, a technique that does not allow his readers to get comfortable with a “Matt Freese writing style,” but one that definitely increases the impact of each of his stories.
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Sam, thanks for the review. I'm still looking for good short story collections to use as part of the Short Story Reading Challenge. This one sounds like a winner.
ReplyDeleteI'm another reluctant short story reader, but really must find a collection to start Kate's challenge.
ReplyDeleteThe title of your collection is from "Kubla Khan" by Coleridge, and I would have chosen it for that reason alone, but I don't want an entire collection of dark and disturbing...
Lisa, just beware of it's "darkness" and frankness. That's the theme of this collection and it can be a bit daunting at times...but is a very worthy collection of short stories, most of them only 4-6 pages in length.
ReplyDeleteJenclair, in that case, this is not one you want to read right now. It is a short collection, though, so you might want to give it a look sometime.
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