The Corset & The Jellyfish, Nick Bantock
Received to review via Netgalley
I loved Nick Bantock’s Griffin & Sabine trilogy, though I haven’t read the follow-ups, so of course I was intrigued by the sound of this when I saw it come up in Netgalley. It’s a collection of microfiction, but it offers a challenge as well: there’s a link between these drabbles, if you’re dedicated enough to seek it out.
I wasn’t, I must confess: in ebook form, and reading on my desktop so I could see the images in colour, it just wasn’t comfortable/fun to try to flick back and forth. I’ll be eager to see what other people make of the mystery.
For the stories themselves, I’m not entirely certain what I think. On the one hand, I’m very picky about my microfiction, and these didn’t quite grab me. On the other hand, something about them got under my skin and made me want to get back to writing some microfiction of my own — and that usually happens when something a little bit magical is happening. I wonder if this is a collection that will grow on me — especially when wiser heads solve the mysteries of the links between stories.
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