Why Are You So Sad? by Jason Porter
Porter does a good job of catching that ennui that can sneak up on you and easily slip into depression; a sort of overarching lack of satisfaction with your lif...
Tag: Fiction
Going Bovine by Libba Bray
I will confess I was not expecting the level of profanity or teenage angst I encountered immediately and in heavy doses throughout but once I settled in I enjoy...
Mysterious Traveler by Mal Peet & Elspeth Graham (P.J. Lynch, Illustrator)
It is a wonderfully evocative and engaging story with gorgeous art. It is a simple story, with admittedly very little suspense but it has an elegance and warmth...
The Art of the Negative Review – "Andrew's Brain"
“Andrew’s Brain” hurt mine. The problem isn’t that the novel requires a significant degree of intellectual effort; it’s that it doesn't provide sufficient rewar...
Hell and Beyond by Michael Phillips
While I am not in any way offended by his unorthodox views on these issues and/or his attempts to explore them in fiction. I found the overall effect rather fl...
The Sandman and the War of Dreams (The Guardians #4) by William Joyce
There is a great sense of mystery and magic lurking behind these stories; they seem like mythology weaved from shared memories and folklore. Just different enou...