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Song for the Unraveling of the World: Stories by Brian Evenson

burialsociety's review

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adventurous dark funny mysterious sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

mejay90's review

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

baddogjordan's review

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5.0

Really enjoyed this collection. Would love a limited television series of these stories.

brookeworm18's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

incredibly weird and delightful short story collection but evenson needs to cool it with the licking

hanwink's review

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

Spooky scary

readthesparrow's review

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dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

ewo2's review

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4.0

Fantastic Weird Fiction/Sci-Fi/Horror stories written in distinctive style. Many stories evoked a skin-crawling sense of separation from reality. Works with themes of identity, duality, and the sheer impossibility of understanding the world.

magis1105's review

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3.0

With so many things included here and yet all of them being so small, hard to actually give an idea of what it is and yet not spoil the plot in them.
In general, they are all very different but you see a creepy vibe in all of them. A very fast read. For some of the stories you feel the potential of a possible longer story, but all of them let you with questions so if you have issues with an unresolved plot point, be warned you will be annoyed with all of the stories here.

I really am happy to get to know a new author and will need to find more of his work, to see if all his books have scary/creepy themes to them.

More thoughts: https://readaholic-anonymous.blogspot.com/2020/07/song-for-unraveling-of-earth.html

mjadeh's review against another edition

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It wasn’t bad, I just wasn’t in the mood for it right now. 

colinrafferty's review

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5