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The Bread We Eat In Dreams (2013)

by Catherynne M. Valente(Favorite Author)

4.18 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1596065826 (ISBN13: 9781596065826)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Subterranean Press

review 1: This anthology is really fascinating and original. I was reading random lines of random books in the library when I became riveted by these stories. The characters and their motivations are compelling and real, even as the settings are rich, fantastic, and largely metaphorical. I was always maddeningly curious as to how each story would end, and always surprised by the result. I enjoyed every complex story in this book and I definitely recommend it. Catherynne M. Valente is just amazing and on every page I envied her and couldn't read fast enough. Someone read this so I can discuss it with them!
review 2: I thought this collection of short stories by Valente was variable. Some of them were incredible, such as "Silently and Very Fast." Others, to me, were fairly... more inaccessible and I felt too impatient to sit there for hours trying to ponder her witty allusions. She's also a bit too sharp edged for my taste, seeming to revel in shock rather than wanting to entertain the reader. I liked the title story about a baker demonness condemned to live in exile on Earth and how she built her demonnist, feminist community. less

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