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835
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259
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2024
3.3
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4.72
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Alex’s first review of the year
it was ok
2.5 stars.
This small collection consists of the three short stories "The Missing Girl", "Journey with a Lady", and "Nightmare". While I adore Jackson’s writing and, therefore, enjoy basically anything she writes on a purely technical level, I can’t say any of these stories left a strong impression on me. The ending of "The Missing Girl" was ambiguous in a way that I didn't find particularly thought-provoking, and "Nightmare" became pretty repetit ...more
This small collection consists of the three short stories "The Missing Girl", "Journey with a Lady", and "Nightmare". While I adore Jackson’s writing and, therefore, enjoy basically anything she writes on a purely technical level, I can’t say any of these stories left a strong impression on me. The ending of "The Missing Girl" was ambiguous in a way that I didn't find particularly thought-provoking, and "Nightmare" became pretty repetit ...more
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Alex’s last review of the year
it was ok
I read this on a whim late at night and practically in one sitting, which is fitting for the novella. In the author’s note, M. L. Rio writes about Graveyard Shift that she "liked the idea of a story about sleep and sleeplessness that could unfold over only one evening, like a shady, troubled dream". Indeed, the book feels like a dream � rushed and inherently disconnected. For a barely 100-page novella (the edition also includes an excerpt from Ri
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