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Reviewed in Australia on 18 November 2019

As always, Neil Gaiman’s tales leave me with a sense of awe. As I’m sure everyone who’s ever read him knows, he’s a master. This book certainly doesn’t change that opinion

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Carol Kanthan

SMOKE AND MIRRORS

Reviewed in Australia on 9 June 2018

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The book is not the same standard as his other books. I found it very ordinary. I do not recommend this book. Boring!

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Anna

A peek into Gaiman's life...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 June 2019

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Short stories are a funny thing. One or two of these stories are amazing. The rest are lack luster, more like diary entries. If you're interested in the author himself, you might find this interesting. If you're just after great short stories, you might be disappointed.

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fofrog

Difficult on Kindle

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 March 2014

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First, I am hugely biased because I love practically everything Neil Gaiman writes. There are some absolutely wonderful stories in here; for example, having read his version of Snow White I want him to redo all the old fairy stories (PLEASE!!).

However I really wanted to read his comments/commentary in conjunction with each story - to understand a little more how he writes and how these came to be written. In a paperback, this would be easy - just use two bookmarks and move them both forward each time. Yes, I know I can bookmark in Kindle but it's clumsy to keep tagging back to the commentary section and having to delete old bookmarks otherwise I got confused about which one to aim for. I love my Kindle to pieces but this is one book I'd have preferred to read on paper.

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Reader

Interesting stories I love.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 February 2022

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I love especially the story about the stray cat who fought the devil for the family who took it in, and the one about the foxes with two folklore stories involved, very poetically told, with a wonderful twist at the end.

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There is so much to recommend this book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 October 2015

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There is so much to recommend this book. It's a great introduction for anyone who hasn't read Gaiman before. One story in particular - Troll Bridge - I have read aloud to groups of people. It's a reasonably long read, but always worthwhile. Some amazing ideas in between the covers of this book, most of them beautifully twisted.

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N

good, but approach with caution.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 February 2018

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You have to be familiar with Neil G. to appreciate it. Often a hard read with some excellence. Approach with caution. It appears to be a bit self-indulgent...... but what do I know?

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Natanya

Some great stories, some average

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 February 2013

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I love Neil Gaiman's books and was excited to get this collection of short stories (to read on the train to work). Some of them really pull you in and I couldn't put them down. Some were not my cup of tea and I so I sped through them (peronal opinion though!). Neil Gaiman has written introductions at the start of the collection for each story/poem, explaining the reasons behind them - definitely worth reading these.

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Miss I.

Brilliant

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 October 2015

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Have had this book in one from or another for years. Never get tired of reading it, wonderful collection of stories. One is a rework of a traditional fairy tale (won't spoil it by saying which!), after reading it for the first time, the writing is so convincing I was very confused for a while as to which was the original. If you love to escape into a world of imagination this is an amazing book.

Dee

A great collection - witty

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 June 2015

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You always expect excellence from Mr Gaiman but this is exceptional. A great collection - witty, strange and sometimes scary. My only criticism would be that it's not really suitable for Kindle as there's a lot of information from the author about each story which is difficult to manage on a Kindle. That aside, I would recommend this and anything that he's written in fact. Stories for intelligent adults. A great read.

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