The Fahrenheit Twins and Other Stories

Faber sa scrivere, eccome. Racconti brevi, incisivi, taglienti. Un brivido lungo la schiena, nella maggior parte dei casi. Storie al limite del "possibile", in cui spesso provi il desiderio di andare oltre, di saperne di più, perché non è possibile che finisca COSI, non è "giusto". Grande inventiva, enorme maestria che però non risultano mai stucchevoli. Da non leggere prima di dormire se si è facilmente impressionabili ;)

The Farenheit Twins by Michel Faber (short stories) - some better than others but all very good

As mentioned earlier I picked two books by two of my favourite authors, at the library, only when I got home did I realise that both were Short Stories. As a result this took me some time to finish.

Now this was a different kettle of fish. Each of the stories had depth and were
thought provoking. One in particular I found extremely harrowing and had to skim read. Very interesting view into the mind that brought such differing novels as Under The Skin and The Crimson Petal.... Well worth persevering with.

A collection of imaginative writing, weird stories ranging from gothic to dystopian, from horror to plain absurdity. Many lack a sense of direction though and just end in mid air, leaving the reader thinking "So what?" These are mere sketches of what might have become real stories if thought out fully.

I'll admit that I only picked the book up because of the title, but the reviews I've read were decent so I had high expectations. The stories has the potential to be very good however I felt that the execution of the stories was poor.

I understand that these are just short stories, and they are supposed to be an insight into human emotion, but I just got more disappointed the further into the book that I got. The first story made no sense to me and the rest of the stories didn't get much better. There were one or two stories that were good, but still the abrupt endings were disappointing to me.

I kept reading this book hopping that it would get better, but it just didn't. I don't think it was a horrible book, but I definitely didn't like show more it. I may pick up another of Faber's books because like I said I thought many of the stories had very good potential, so I think that if he were to finish the stories that they would have been at the very least good. I liked his writing style, and his stories were not what I would consider status quo, which made the basis of the stories good. I just wish there had been more to this book. show less

A dictator with a serious heart condition discovers the only doctor who can save him is locked in one of his own prison camps.

A virgin supermarket detective catches a female shoplifter who offers him anything he wants to let her go.

A divorced father returning his daughter to her mother after a weekend away finds the lights are going out all over the world.

A slobby computer geek's attractive neighbour needs help with a problem mouse.

The drummer of North Ayrshire's foremost death metal band falls ill for the first time in his life.

Read the full review at my blog.

WTF. This is the same book as Vanilla Bright Like Eminem. Just about. How about this warning: "Most of these stories appear in a book with a different title."

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WTF. This is the same book as Vanilla Bright Like Eminem. Just about. How about this warning: "Most of these stories appear in a book with a different title."

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