(I received this book for free as part of Goodreads First Reads giveaways).
(This review may contain spoilers).
I don’t tend to read a lot of drabbles. It’s not because I don’t like them – I just haven’t come across too many authors who write them.
I have run into a variety of different opinions on word length. One particular person mentioned that they wouldn’t read a chapter of something shorter than 1000 words.
Personally, I do think that drabbles can be done well, but in some ways, they take more effort than longer pieces of fiction. In this case, I felt the author did a really good job of writing a collection of different drabbles that managed to be really entertaining to read.
I liked how some of the drabbles had similar themes that ran through and even how some of them were linked between settings and characters. There were some that made me smile and others that made me cringe… and a few that confused me and which I’m still not sure I really understood.
It was really good how some of the drabbles were able to surprise me, too. Not all of them were what I would have expected.
I think the drabbbles in this book were really creative and although some of them shard similar themes, there was enough variety to keep my attention throughout. I would definitely say this book is one that’s worth reading. It’s a quick, easy read and I feel it’s a good showcasing of creativity.
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