Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell
My rating: 4/5 cats
this collection only has eight stories in it compared to the ten in her last collection, so on one hand, i feel cross because i always want more from her, but on the other hand, the stories i liked, i liked a lot. but i’m greedy, and sometimes 8 is not enough.
but they are good, and i liked each story more than the one preceding it. in fact, the only one i wasn’t crazy about was the second story, Reeling for the Empire, which felt like the longest story, but might not have been.
greg snatched this ARC out of my hands before i could read it, when i told him i was only reading spooky books during october, and after he read it, he told me it was spooky enough to fit my self-imposed and very strict criteria, and he allowed me to have it back. and it’s true—many of these stories are a little creepy. not scary-scary, but unnerving. don’t come here looking for true horror, but there are disquieting elements that are very pleasing.
i don’t know if i am supposed to “review” it yet, because it is a long time until it is published, so for now i will just leave this little placeholder of a review, and i will probably go into more detail closer to publication date.
however.
i am hoping that in the published edition, she will have edited the text to include franklin pierce as one of the horses.
and i love how little sense that sentence makes to those of you who haven’t read it.
ha
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