Allyson Bird

I didn't read enough of this to be able to give it an overall rating. The first story didn't do anything for me. Though, what annoyed me most was the use of "fiancée" twice in the first couple pages for the main character's husband-to-be. Bad enough that the author did it twice (at least), making it unlikely to be a typo, but, good grief, who edited this?

Fair warning: I went in with high expectations due to a recommendation and the fact it won the British Fantasy Award, and of course didn't get very far. So maybe the rest of the stories are supeb and do more than showcase the author's weak command of English and the publisher's crappy editing.… (mais)

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qaphsiel | 33 outras críticas | Feb 20, 2023 |

Wine and Rank Poison

I wanted to like this book more. After the Lansdale introduction I thought I was in for a treat but the stories turned out to be disappointing. There is a theme of revenge here that runs through all the stories. Some of the stories appear to be linked on other levels, however some were so similar that I got the feeling one story was just the subsequent working out of an idea from one of the other stories; almost like two drafts for the same story, not a good thing in a collection this thin. In addition there was a 20 page excerpt from the award winning novel [b:Isis Unbound|13494043|Isis Unbound|Allyson Bird|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1332375772s/13494043.jpg|19035490] that while interesting, goes nowhere and just seemed like filler for the collection used as an advert for the other book. The writing was also rather too prosaic.

In addition the book inside looked kind of amateurish. The font was huge, I'm sure to fill the book, and the margins were weird compared to the typesetting and font. It just didn't look nice. These are things I don't expect for a signed very limited edition.

The positives, well, the dust jacket is beautiful and it is signed by both the author and [a:Joe Lansdale|10790539|Joe Lansdale|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-ccc56e79bcc2db9e6cdcd450a4940d46.png].

I really didn't hate it, it just wasn't anything memorable in a positive way.… (mais)

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Gumbywan | Jun 24, 2022 |

Bull Running for Girls por Allyson Bird

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Bull Running for Girls is full of wonderful, frightening, moving ideas and images. Bird has a great mind for scene and situations, and great strong women characters. I look forward to seeing more of her later work, as I feel this collection was just missing polish. Great potential for future weird and horror writing.

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Magus_Manders | 33 outras críticas | Jul 9, 2020 |

Bull Running for Girls por Allyson Bird

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Paranormal stories which sadly were a bit of a let down.

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dolly22 | 33 outras críticas | Jul 9, 2020 |

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