Reviews and Comments

Spoopy and unsatisfying. The stories, for the most part, quickly captivate you, draw you into their own little world, then suddenly end with no resolutions, and sometimes no plot.

Still, if any of these short stories get expanded into a full-length novel, I’d gladly pick that up.

Greg Iles nailed it. Don’t let my start and finish dates sway you. Two-thirds of this book was done in a week.

The book reads like an album plays: it jumps between topics each time a chapter comes to an end. Still, it’s a wonderful read, though being released in 1997 (the edition I read was from 1998), the last six years of his life are not chronicled.

You can almost hear and feel the games you’re too young to remember, and the games you watched on TV until the last, sweet out.

Nine short stories by the master of science fiction. Several of these need to be made into longer books!

The stories you don’t care for are too long. The ones you love are over too quickly. But that’s you get with a Stephen King anthology!

It’s a lighthearted joyous read. Although the ending will make King fans feel copped out, the extra chapter in version 2.0 puts a nice but unnecessary bow on it. Still, it’s a Christmas miracle and I’ll be reading more Moore.

Part psychological thriller, part science fiction, and part historical fiction; (disclaimer:) my high school alum’s book “A Burial for Flowers” manages to combine the three into one story that will make you want to [redacted, spoiler alert] like the main character did — but in a good way.

My only recommendation for a prospective reader would be to brush up on the Chinese history mentioned on the back cover. Though it’s explained well enough that a priori knowledge is optional, a significant part of the novel might be enhanced if you knew the “backstory.”